dissoluble (disolubl)

[= F. di oluble = Sp. disoluble = Pg. di oluvel = It. di olubile, Words worth, Departure from Grasmere. If all be atoms, how then should the Gods Being atomic not be di oluble ? Tennyson, Lucretius. di olublene (dis'ō-lu-bl-nes), n. The quality of being di oluble. Richardson . di olute (dis'ō-lut), a. [ di olut = OF. 2. Capable of being di ociated. When blood or a solution of oxyhemoglobin is shaken di olu , F. di olu Pr. di olut = Sp. disoluto up with carbon monoxide, the " di ociable " or "respiratory" oxygen is displaced. Encyc. Brit., ΧΧ. 484. di ocial (di-so's hal), a. [ A di ocial man? Di ocial enough; a natural terror and horror to all phantasms, being himself of the genus reality. Carlyle, French Rev., III. vii. 2. di ocialize (di-sō'shal-iz), v. t.; pret. and pp. di ocialized, ppr. di ocializing. [ di ociate (di-sō'shi-āt), v. t.; pret. and pp. dis sociated, ppr. di ociating. [ Sp. disociar = Pg. di ociar = F. di ocier ), separate from fellowship, disjoin, By thus di ociating every state from every other, like deer separated from the herd, each power is treated with = Pg. It. di oluto, At last, by subtile sleights she him betraid Unto his foe, a Gyaunt huge and tall; Who him, disarmed, di olute , dismaid, Unwares surprised. Spenser , F. Q., I. vii. 51. 2. Loose in behavior and morals; not under the restraints of law; given to vice and di ipation; vicious; wanton; lewd: as, a di olute man; di olute company.-3. Characterized by di olutene ; devoted to pleasure and di ipation: as, a di olute life. And forasmuch as wee be in hand with laughinge, which is a signe of a ver ye light and di olute minde, let her see that shee laugh not vnmeasureably. Vives , Instruction of a Christian Woman, I. 6. They made themselues garlands, and ran vp and downe after a di olute maner. J. Brende, tr. of Quintus Curtius, viii. They are people of very di olute habits. E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, II. 61. =Syn. 2 and 3. Immoral , Depraved , etc. (see criminal), uncurbed, unbridled, disorderly, wild, rakish, lax, licentious, profligate, abandoned, reprobate. A man di olve . as subject to heat as butter; a man of con tinual di olution and thaw. Shak., M. W. of W., iii. 5. 2t. The substance formed by di olving a body in a menstruum; a solution. Bacon.-3. Sepor minute parts, disintegration; decomposi a ration into parts, especially into elementary tion or resolution of natural structure, as of animal or vegetable substances. Specifically -4. Death; the separation of soul and body. Noblest minds fell often upon doubtful deaths and melancholy di olutions . Sir T. Browne , Urn-burial, iv. We expected Immediate di olution , which we thought Was meant by death that day. Milton, P. L., x. 1049. He waits the day of his di olution with a resignation mixed with delight. Steele , Spectator, No. 263. 5. Separation of the parts which compose a connected system or body: as, the di olution of nature; the di olution of government. For, doutles, throuch diuisioun Proceidis di olatioun . Lauder , Dewtie of Kyngis (E. E. T. S.), 1. 44. Hooker . To make a present di olution of the world. If in any community loyalty diminishes at a greater rate than equity increases, there will arise a tendency toward social di olution. H. Spencer , Social Statics, p. 464. 6. The proce of retrogre ion or degeneration: opposed to evolution . [Rare.] The evolution of a gas is literally an absorption of motion and disintegration of matter, which is exactly the reverse of that which we here call Evolution - is that which we here call Di olution . H. Spencer, First Principles, § 97. 7. The breaking up of an a embly or a ociation-of any kind, or the bringing of its existence to an end: as, a di olution of Parliament, or of a partnership; the di olution of the English monasteries under Henry VIII. Di olution is the civil death of Parliament. Black stone . Henry IV., in 1402, invited both houses to dine with him on the Sunday after the di olution . Stubbs , Const. Hist., § 446. 8t. The act of relaxing or weakening; enervation; loosene or laxity, as of manners; di ipation; di olutene . A longing after sensual pleasures is a di olution of the spirit of a man, and makes it loose, soft, and wandering. Jer. Taylor. 9t. The determination of the requisites of a mathematical problem. Di olution of the bloodt, in med., that state of the blood in which it does not readily coagulate when withdrawn from the body. =Syn. 4 and 5. Termination, destruction, ruin.-7. Re ce , prorogation, etc. See adjournment. di olutivet (dis'ō-lū-tiv), a. [L. di olutus, pp. of di olvere, di olve (see di olve ), + -ive.] Di olving in the chemical sense. Because these last mentioned are the most unlikely to be readily di oluble by a substance belonging to the animal kingdom, I shall subjoin two trials that I made to evince this di olutive power of the spirit of blood. Boyle , Human Blood. cause. Burke , A Regicide Peace. Unable to di ociate appearance from reality, the savage, thinking the effigy of the dead man is inhabited by his ghost, propitiates it accordingly. H. Spencer , Prin. of Sociol., § 158. In pa ing into other races Christianity could not but suffer by being di ociated from the tradition of Jewish prophecy. It could not but lose the prophetic spirit, the eager study of the future. J. R. Seeley, Nat. Religion, p. 223. Specifically-2. In chem., to separate the elements of; decompose by di ociation. Carbonic oxide, sulphuric acid, hydrochloric acid, ammonia, and hydriodic acid have been di ociated by various chemists. Amer. Cyc ., VI. 140. dis soc i are, pp.