dissolve

Etymology

Recorded since c. 1374, from Latin dissolvere "to loosen up, break apart", itself from dis- "apart" + solvere "to loose, loosen"

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [dɪˈzɒɫv]

Verb

dissolve (third-person singular simple present dissolves, present participle dissolving, simple past and past participle dissolved)

1. (transitive) 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. (transitive) To destroy, make disappear
3. (transitive) To liquify, melt into a fluid
   • Shakespeare

     as if the world were all dissolved to tears

4. (intransitive) To be melted, changed into a fluid
5. (chemistry, transitive) To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or gas.
6. (chemistry, intransitive) To be disintegrated by such immersion.
7. (transitive) To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.
   • Shakespeare

     Nothing can dissolve us.

8. (transitive) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
   • Fairfax

     Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder.

   • The Declaration of Independence

     For one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another.

9. (law, transitive) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release.

   to dissolve an injunction

   • 2017 August 13, Brandon Nowalk, “Oldtown offers one last game-changing secret as Game Of Thrones goes behind enemy lines (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club‎:

     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. (cinematography, intransitive) To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.
11. (intransitive) To resolve itself as by dissolution
12. (obsolete) To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
    • Tennyson

      dissolved the mystery

    • Bible, Daniel v. 16

      Make interpretations and dissolve doubts.

13. To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
    • Dryden

      Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie.

Noun

dissolve (plural dissolves)

1. (cinematography) A form of film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next.

Verb

dissolve

1. third-person singular present indicative of dissolvere

Anagrams

• disvolse

Verb

dissolve

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dissolvō

Verb

dissolve

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of dissolver
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of dissolver