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(Undissolvit,) Undissolvite, -desolvit, Wndesollvit, p.p. [e.m.E. ondyssolvyd (1535), vndissolued (1598); Dissolvit ppl. adj.] a. Not disintegrated by decomposition. b. Not annulled or rendered invalid. c. Not dismissed, remaining in session. —a. a1578 Pitsc. I 234/7.
I [sc. a surviving Siamese twin] haue nothing bot dollour of the beiring of so heavie ane burthine, deid and cald, wndesolluit on my bak —b. 1579 Reg. Privy C. III 238.
Be ressoun of the mariage lauchfullie contractit betuix thame, standing ay in effect undesolvit unto his deceis foirsaid —c. 1585 Reg. Privy C. IV 1.
[The auditors are … to] attend upoun the said chekker undissolvite or separate quhill the end thairof
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