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dissolve

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EtymologyEdit

Recorded since c. 1374 as Middle English dissolven, from Latin dissolvere (“to loosen up, break apart”), itself from dis- (“apart”) + solvere (“to loose, loosen”).

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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.
    Antonyms: establish, found
    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.
    Synonyms: melt, formelt
  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.
  8. (transitive) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
  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[1]:
      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.
    Synonym: fade out
  11. (intransitive) To resolve itself as by dissolution.
  12. (obsolete) To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
  13. To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.

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English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewh₃-‎ (0 c, 36 e)

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fade out — see fade out
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NounEdit

dissolve (plural dissolves)

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

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PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /disˈsɔl.ve/
  • Rhymes: -ɔlve
  • Hyphenation: dis‧sòl‧ve

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dissolve

  1. third-person singular present indicative of dissolvere

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dissolve

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of dissolvō

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dissolve

  1. Alternative form of dissolven

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dissolve

  1. inflection of dissolver:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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