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SOLUBLE

1. Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution; as, some substances are soluble in alcohol which are not soluble in water. "Sugar is . . . Soluble in water and fusible in fire." (Arbuthnot) 2. Susceptible of being solved; as, a soluble algebraic problem; susceptible of being disentangled, unraveled, or explained; as, the secret is probably soluble. "More soluble is this knot." 3. Relaxed; open or readily opened. "The bowels should be kept soluble." Soluble glass. See Glass. Origin: L. Solubilis, fr. Solvere, solutum, to loosen, to dissolve: cf. F. Soluble. See Decide, and cf. Solvable. Source: Websters Vocabulary
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