DISSOLVE
\dɪsˈɒlv], \dɪsˈɒlv], \d_ɪ_s_ˈɒ_l_v]\
Definitions of DISSOLVE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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terminate (legally); "Their marriage dissolved"
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stop functioning, as of organizations or groups; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting"
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(film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out
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become weaker, as of sound or vision; "The sound faded out"
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lose control emotionally; "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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(film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out
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lose control emotionally; "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme"
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bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company"
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become weaker; "The sound faded out"
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cause to lose control emotionally; "The news dissolved her into tears"
By Princeton University
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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.
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To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
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To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.
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To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
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To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
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To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction.
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To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up.
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To become fluid; to be melted; to be liquefied.
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To fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
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To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.
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To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
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To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
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To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction.
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To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up.
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To become fluid; to be melted; to be liquefied.
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To fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To loose asunder: to separate or break up: to melt: to destroy.
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To break up: to waste away: to crumble: to melt.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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