dissolve

verbnounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//dɪˈzɒlv//
United States//dɪˈzɑlv//
United States//dɪˈzɔlv//

To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.

verb

1
To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.
The ruling party or coalition sometimes dissolves parliament early when the polls are favorable, hoping to reconvene with a larger majority.
2
To destroy, make disappear.
3
To liquify, melt into a fluid.
as if the world were all dissolved to tears
4
To be melted, changed into a fluid.
5
To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or other material.
There was a legend that Cleopatra was accustomed to dissolve pearls in vinegar and drink the fluid in order to promote her amorousness.
6
To be disintegrated by such immersion.
7
To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.
Nothing can dissolve us.
8
To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder.
For one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another.
9
To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release.
to dissolve an injunction
Jon Snow is the legitimate heir to the Targaryen line, by the old rules, of the old government, which was dissolved and reshaped by King Robert.
10
To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.
11
To resolve itself as by dissolution.
12
obsoleteTo solve; to clear up; to resolve.
dissolved the mystery
Make interpretations and dissolve doubts.
13
To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
Seraph and Cherub, careleſs of their charge, / And wanton, in full eaſe now live at large: / Unguarded leave the paſſes of the Sky; / And all diſſolv'd in Hallelujahs lye.
14
To separate a ligature into its component letters.

Etymology

Recorded since c. 1374 (displacing Old English toliesan) as Middle English dissolven, from Latin dissolvere (“to loosen up, break apart”) but with the sense from Anglo-Norman dissoldre (variant of Old French dissoudre), itself from dis- (“apart”) + solvere (“to loose, loosen”). By surface analysis, dis- + solve.

noun

1
a form of film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next
While most of the film is done in medium and long shots (connected with dissolves and wipes which lend a lovely period effect)

Forms

plural: dissolves
past tense: dissolved
past participle: dissolved
present participle: dissolving
third person singular: dissolves

disrespectful · Lacking respect.disrupt · To throw into confusion or disorder.disrupted · Subject to disruption.

dissolve · To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.

dissolved · that has been disintegrated in a solvent distance · An amount of space between points (often geographical…distant · Far off (physically, logically or mentally).

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