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Definition of Dissolve

1. Verb. Become weaker. "The sound faded out"

2. Noun. (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out.

3. Verb. Cause to go into a solution. "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"

4. Verb. Come to an end. "The tobacco monopoly broke up"

5. Verb. Stop functioning or cohering as a unit. "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting"

6. Verb. Cause to lose control emotionally. "The news dissolved her into tears"

7. Verb. Lose control emotionally. "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme"

8. Verb. Cause to fade away. "Dissolve a shot or a picture"

9. Verb. Pass into a solution. "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee"

10. Verb. Become or cause to become soft or liquid. "The chefs dissolve the vegetables"; "Dethaw the meat"

11. Verb. Bring the association of to an end or cause to break up. "The judge dissolved the tobacco company"

12. Verb. Declare void. "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections"

Definition of Dissolve

1. v. t. 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.

2. v. i. To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up.

Definition of Dissolve

1. Verb. (transitive) To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To destroy, make disappear ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To liquify, melt into a fluid ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To be melted, changed into a fluid ¹

5. Verb. (chemistry) (transitive) To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or gas. ¹

6. Verb. (chemistry) (intransitive) To be disintegrated by such immersion. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To disperse, drive apart a group of persons. ¹

8. Verb. (context: cinematography) (intransitive) To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in. ¹

9. Verb. (intransitive) To resolve itself as by dissolution ¹

10. Noun. (context: cinematography) A film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dissolve

1. to make into a solution [v -SOLVED, -SOLVING, -SOLVES]

Medical Definition of Dissolve

1. To change or cause to change from a solid to a dispersed form by immersion in a fluid of suitable properties. Origin: L. Dis-solvo, pp. -solutus, to loose asunder, to dissolve (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dissolve

dissogony dissolubility dissoluble dissolubleness dissolute dissolutely dissoluteness dissolutenesses dissolution dissolution of marriage

dissolutionism dissolutions dissolvability dissolvable dissolvableness dissolve (current term) dissolved dissolved oxygen dissolvents dissolver

dissolvers dissolves dissolveth dissolving dissolving agent dissonance dissonances dissonancies dissonancy

Literary usage of Dissolve

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"Copper sulfate 1 pound Water 15-25 gallons dissolve the copper sulfate in the ... Water (hot) 100 parts iron sulfate, as much as the water will dissolve. ..."

2. American Druggist (1890)
"Under stipulated conditions a pepsin sample may dissolve 200 parts of albumen, while it may dissolve 200000 parts under different circumstances. ..."

3. A Treatise on Extraordinary Relief in Equity and at Law by Thomas Carl Spelling (1893)
"Hearing on Merits after overruling Motion to dissolve. 1089. ... Motion to dissolve. 1085. Continuance of Hearing of Motion to dissolve. 1096. ..."

4. A Treatise on Injunctions and Other Extraordinary Remedies: Covering Habeas by Thomas Carl Spelling (1901)
"The formal order is not necessary to dissolve an injunction restraining the ... It is irregular to dissolve an injunction in court with direction that the ..."

5. Political Science and Comparative Constitutional Law by John William Burgess (1890)
"I am not able to discover any, unless they be in the power of the President, with the consent of the Senate, to dissolve the Chamber of Deputies. ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"Fats and oils which contain no oleic acid and which do not absorb iodin, such as vaseline and other petroleum oils, do not dissolve ozone. ..."

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