See Also: solvable(dictionary)
gest(1)(dictionary)
gest(2)(dictionary)
gest(3)(dictionary)
gest(4)(dictionary)

gest(1) (iou) and solvable (iou)


gest(1) (iou)



gest noun3.M16.
[Later form of GIST noun1.]
In pl. The stages of a (royal) journey; the route followed or planned. M16-M18.
The time allotted for a halt or stay. rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.

solvable (iou)



solvable adjective. M17.
[from SOLVE + -ABLE, in sense 1 after French.]
Able to pay one's debts etc.; solvent. M17-L18.
Of a problem etc.: able to be solved. L17.
b. Math. Of a group: that may be regarded as the last of a finite series of groups of which the first is trivial, each being a normal subgroup of the next and each of the quotients being abelian. L19.