Solve

solv, v. [solved (solvd), solving.] To loosen or separate the parts of; to di ipate; to clear up (what is obscure, or difficult to be understood); to obtain a required result bv mathematical proce es, etc. to explain, unfold, remove. TL. solvere, solutum, to solve, loosen, relax, so- (see Sober), apart, and Z«ere = E. to loosen absolve, absolute, di olve, resolute, etc.] — Solvend'. n. A substance to be di olved. [L. so r-:ndus, solvenrlum, solvere.] — Solv'ent, a. Having the power of di olving; able, or sufficient to pay all just debts. — n. sun, cube, full moon, cow, oil; SON A fluid that di olves any Bubstance; b menstruum- [L. solvens, p. pr. of solvere.] — Solv'ency State of being solvent; ability to pay claims. — Solv'er, Solv'able. a. Capable of being sob explained: capable oi - Solv'atiene , n. — Sol'uble.-u-bl. a. Susceptible oi in a fluid; cap. solvere.] — Solubility, ». Quality of a body which render susceptible of solution. — Solu'tion, u. Act of separating the parts of any body; disruption; breach; disentanglement of any intricate problem or question,— used esp. in mathematics; state of being solved or disintegrated; disintegration; action of an attraction between one or more solids and a fluid when brought in contact, by which the former become themselves fluid, and are diffused through the latter: state of a body as thus diffused; preparation made by di olving a solid in a liquid. (Law.) Release from an obligation; release from a debt by payment. (Med.) Termination of a disease; a crisis." [F.; L. solatia.] — Solution of continuity. Separation of connection or of connected substances or parts,— applied, in surgery, to a fracture, laceration, etc. — Sol'utive, -u-tiv, a. Tending to di olve. Somatics, so-matlks, Science of the general properties of matter; somatology. [Gr. somatikos, pert. to the body, f soma, body.] — So'matist, n. One who admits the existence of corporeal or material beings only. — Somatology, -o-ji, n. Doctrine of the general properties of bodies or material substances. [Gr. logos, discourse.] Somber, -bre. som'ber, a. Dull dusky cloudy gloomy: melancholy; sad; grave. [F. sombre, peril, L. umbra, under shade.] — Som'bro us, -brus, a. Gloomy; somber.