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Dissolve (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissolved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dissolving.] [L. dissolvere, dissolutum; dis- + solvere to loose, free. See Solve, and cf. Dissolute.]
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.”
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Lest his ungoverned rage dissolve the life. Shak.
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2. To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
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Nothing can dissolve us. Shak.
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Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder. Fairfax.
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For one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another. The Declaration of Independence.
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3. To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.
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As if the world were all dissolved to tears. Shak.
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4. To solve; to clear up; to resolve. “Dissolved the mystery.” Tennyson.
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Make interpretations and dissolve doubts. Dan. v. 16.
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5. To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
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Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie. Dryden.
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6. (Law) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, “to dissolve an injunction”.
Syn. -- See Adjourn.
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Dissolve, v. i.
1. To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up.
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2. To become fluid; to be melted; to be liquefied.
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A figure
Trenched in ice, which with an hour's heat
Dissolves to water, and doth lose his form. Shak.
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3. To fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power.
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The charm dissolves apace. Shak.
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