exolve

English

Etymology

From Latin exolvō, from ex + solvō. Doublet of exsolve.

Verb

exolve (third-person singular simple present exolves, present participle exolving, simple past and past participle exolved)

1. (obsolete) To loose.
2. (obsolete) To pay.
3. (geology) Alternative spelling of exsolve.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “exolve”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

Verb

exolve

1. second-person singular present active imperative of exolvō