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Dissolve : (noun)
1: (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the
next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene
fades out
(verb)
1: cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should
dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water" [syn: resolve,
break up]
2: pass into a solution; "The sugar quickly dissolved in the
coffee"
3: become weaker; "The sound faded out" [syn: fade out, fade
away]
4: come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco
monopoly broke up" [syn: break up]
5: stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing
of the party dissolved after much internal fighting" [syn:
disband]
6: cause to lose control emotionally; "The news dissolved her
into tears"
7: lose control emotionally; "She dissolved into tears when she
heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid
scheme"
8: cause to fade away; "dissolve a shot or a picture"
9: become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted
the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The
heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over
the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the
meat" [syn: thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt]
10: bring the association of to an end or cause to break up;
"The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the
judge dissolved the tobacco company" [syn: break up]
11: declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and
called for new elections" [syn: dismiss]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Dissolve : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Dissolve : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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