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Webster 1913 Edition


Solvable

Solv′a-ble

,
Adj.
[F.
solvable
. See
Solve
, and cf.
Soluble
,
Solvible
.]
1.
Susceptible of being solved, resolved, or explained; admitting of solution.
2.
Capable of being paid and discharged;
as,
solvable
obligations
.
Tooke.
3.
Able to pay one’s debts; solvent.
[Obs.]
Fuller.

Webster 1828 Edition


Solvable

SOLV'ABLE

, a.
1.
That may be solved, resolved or explained.
2.
That can be paid.