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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dissolve n : in films: a gradual transition from one scene to the next the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out v 1: become weaker, as of sound or vision; "The sound faded out" [syn: {fade out}, {fade away}] 2: cause to go into a solution; "dissolve sugar in water" [syn: {break up}] 3: terminate (legally); "Their marriage dissolved" [syn: {break up}] 4: stop functioning, as of organizations or groups [syn: {disband}] 5: pass into a solution; "disslove sugar in coffee" [syn: {fall apart}]
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