solute

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Free

   Free; liberal; loose.

   • a solute interpretation
   • The Interpretations of the Scriptures are of two ſorts: Methodical, and Solute, or at large, […]
2. 2

   Relaxed

   Relaxed; hence, cheerful, merry.

   • So ſung Philander, as his Friend went round / In the rich Ichor, in the gen'rous Blood / Of Bacchus, purple God of joyous Wit, / A Brow ſolute, and ever-laughing Eye.
3. 3

   Able to be dissolved

   Able to be dissolved; soluble.

   • a solute salt
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   1. 4

      Not adhering

      Not adhering; loose.

      • a solute stipule
   2. 5

      Any substance that is dissolved in a liquid solvent to create a solution.

      • Holonym: solution
   3. 6

      To dissolve.

      • In the present day they hold out that the metallic calces are soluted in acids, accordingly as they possess oxygen.
      • Porter, in old times, was brewed only with brown malts; from the hardness of which, and the fire they contained, Thames water seems better adapted than any other to solute the saccharine substance of those malts.
   4. 7

      To solve

      To solve; to expose the errors of; to explain

      • to solute sin
      • Because ye desire your argument to be soluted, at your own request I will take some paine: God grant it may profit!
      • If thys argument be not good reproue it in your answere and solute it not withe a fyre or a rope as ye vse comunly to do God send yow hys holy sprete.
   5. 8

      Alternative form of salute.

      • To whom Ledovick the Emperour, descending from his Horse, fell down upon the Earth thrice before his feete, and the third time soluted him thus, blessed be the Lord God, who commeth in the Name of the Lord, and who hath shined upon us.
      • The minstrel advanced, and soluted the company with the air of one more accustomed to grant protection than crave it.

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