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Dissolve   /dɪzˈɑlv/   Listen
verb
Dissolve  v. t.  (past & past part. dissolved; pres. part. dissolving)  
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."
2.
To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate. "Nothing can dissolve us." "Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder." "For one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another."
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."
4.
To solve; to clear up; to resolve. "Dissolved the mystery." "Make interpretations and dissolve doubts."
5.
To relax by pleasure; to make powerless. "Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie."
6.
(Law) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction.
Synonyms: See Adjourn.



Dissolve  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."
3.
To fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power. "The charm dissolves apace."






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"Dissolve" Quotes from Famous Books



... secret session stop Rumour of attempt to destroy La Patrie also stop Moroccan situation grows more serious stop Germany demands equal rights with France abrogating Algeciras treaty stop Directors steel trust declare company is legal corporation and will not take voluntary steps to dissolve stop Officially announced at Chicago that one hundred thousand men on Harriman lines will strike Saturday stop September coffee sells at twelve-ninety-eight New York exchange record price stop Boy Scouts called out to fight plague of wasps in ...
— The Destroyer - A Tale of International Intrigue • Burton Egbert Stevenson

... thy youth and false delights Cheat thee of life; those heady flights But waste thy time, which posts away Like winds unseen, and swift as they. Beauty is but mere paint, whose dye With Time's breath will dissolve and fly; 'Tis wax, 'tis water, 'tis a glass, It melts, breaks, and away doth pass. 'Tis like a rose which in the dawn The air with gentle breath doth fawn And whisper to, but in the hours Of night is sullied with smart showers. Life spent is wish'd for but in vain, ...
— Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II • Henry Vaughan

... minute later, starting down the hill at full speed, for, by Edwards's direction, the light had been shifted to the other tube in such a way as to dissolve the "Morning" into a hideous picture of the conventional horned and hoofed devil. The picture was originally meant to be comic, but it now set Jim to ...
— Duffels • Edward Eggleston

... cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve— And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, ...
— Three Years in Europe - Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met • William Wells Brown

... depending upon the age, but being from one to two hours if the bird is not more than a year old. Take off all the skin and fat, and cut the meat in thin, delicate pieces. Soak the gelatine two hours in half a cupful of cold water, and dissolve it in the cupful of boiling broth; add to the cream, and season highly. Have the chicken well seasoned, also. Put the macaroni in a large flat pan with boiling water to cover, and boil rapidly for three minutes. Drain off the water, and place the macaroni on a board, ...
— Miss Parloa's New Cook Book • Maria Parloa


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