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Dissolve Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Dissolve?
[n] (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out
[v] terminate (legally); "Their marriage dissolved" [v] pass into a solution; "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee" [v] cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water" [v] become weaker, as of sound or vision; "The sound faded out" [v] lose control emotionally; "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme" [v] stop functioning, as of organizations or groups; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting" Synonyms | Synonyms for Dissolve: break up | disband | fade away | fade out | resolve Related Terms | Find terms related to Dissolve: ablate | abrogate | adjourn | annihilate | atomize | attenuate | be annihilated | be consumed | be destroyed | be gone | be no more | be wiped out | blow off | break into | break up | bring to ruin | cast forth | cease | cease to be | cease to exist | cipher | clear away | clear up | collapse | colliquate | come apart | conclude | condemn | confound | consume | corrode | crack up | crumble | crumble into dust | cut | damn | deactivate | deal destruction | debrief | decay | decimate | decipher | decline | decoagulate | decoct | decompose | deliquesce | dematerialize | demob | demobilize | demolish | depart | depredate | desolate | despoil | destroy | detach | devastate | devour | die | die away | die out | diffuse | dilute | diminish | disappear | disband | discharge | disintegrate | disjoin | dismiss | disorganize | dispel | disperse | dissipate | do a fade-out | dope out | drive away | dwindle | engorge | erode | evanesce | evaporate | exit | expire | fade | fade away | fade out | fall to pieces | figure out | finish | fission | flee | fluidify | fluidize | flux | fly | fuse | go | go away | go separate ways | gobble | gobble up | gut | gut with fire | havoc | hide | hold in solution | incinerate | infuse | lay in ruins | lay waste | leach | leave no trace | leave the scene | let go | liquefy | liquesce | liquidate | liquidize | lixiviate | melt | melt away | melt down | melt into | molder | muster out | part | part company | pass | pass away | pass out | percolate | perish | peter out | prorogate | prorogue | puzzle out | quash | ravage | recess | release | resolve | retire from sight | ruin | ruinate | run | scatter | separate | shatter | shipwreck | shoot | sink | sink away | solubilize | solve | split | split up | sublime | suffer an eclipse | swallow up | terminate | thaw | thin | thin out | throw into disorder | unclot | unfold | unleash destruction | unleash the hurricane | unravel | upheave | vacate | vandalize | vanish | vanish from sight | vaporize | vise | void | volatilize | waste | waste away | wear away | wind up | wrack | wreak havoc | wreck See Also | break down | break up | change integrity | change state | cut | disintegrate | dissolve | end | lose it | melt | melt down | run | terminate | transition | turn Dissolve In Webster's Dictionary \Dis*solve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissolved}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Dissolving}.] [L. dissolvere, dissolutum; dis- +
solvere to loose, free. See {Solve}, and cf. {Dissolute}.]
1. To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break
up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts,
sundering a relation, etc.; to terminate; to destroy; to
deprive of force; as, to dissolve a partnership; to
dissolve Parliament.
Lest his ungoverned rage dissolve the life. --Shak.
2. To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to
sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
Nothing can dissolve us. --Shak.
Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder.
--Fairfax.
For one people to dissolve the political bands which
have connected them with another. --The
Declaration of
Independence.
3. To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture,
etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.
As if the world were all dissolved to tears. --Shak.
4. To solve; to clear up; to resolve. ``Dissolved the
mystery.'' --Tennyson.
Make interpretations and dissolve doubts. --Dan. v.
16.
5. To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie. --Dryden.
6. (Law) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as,
to dissolve an injunction.
Syn: See {Adjourn}.
\Dis*solve"\, v. i. 1. To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up. 2. To become fluid; to be melted; to be liquefied. A figure Trenched in ice, which with an hour's heat Dissolves to water, and doth lose his form. --Shak. 3. To fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power. The charm dissolves apace. --Shak. |
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