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solvo

Pronunciation: [ˈsɔɫ.woː]

“solvo” is a Latin word. Its 14 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to loosen, untie, undo; free [up], release, acquit, exempt
  2. to solve, explain
  3. to dissolve, break up, separate
  4. to relax, slacken, weaken
  5. to cancel, remove, destroy
  6. to pay up, fulfil
  7. to undermine
  8. to get rid of, let go of, release, dismiss, loosen (emotion, feelings)
  9. to let down (hair)
  10. to open (a letter)
  11. to unfurl
  12. to raise (a siege)
  13. to dismiss (troops)
  14. to set sail

In Latin

  1. Ligationem rumpere alicuius rei cum aliqua re.
  2. Pecuniam dare pro aliqua re.

Etymology

From se- (“away”) + luō (“to untie, set free, separate”).

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