# dissolve
## English
### Etymology

Recorded since c. 1374 (displacing Old English toliesan) as Middle English dissolven, from Latin dissolvere (“to loosen up, break apart”) but with the sense from Anglo-Norman dissoldre (variant of Old French dissoudre), itself from dis- (“apart”) + solvere (“to loose, loosen”). By surface analysis, dis- +‎ solve.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /dɪˈzɒlv/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /dɪˈzɑlv/, /dɪˈzɔlv/
* Hyphenation: dis‧solve
* Rhymes: -ɒlv

### Verb

dissolve (third-person singular simple present dissolves, present participle dissolving, simple past and past participle dissolved)
* (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.
* (transitive) To destroy, make disappear.
* (transitive) To liquify, melt into a fluid.
    Synonyms: melt, formelt
** 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:as if the world were all dissolved to tears
* (intransitive) To be melted, changed into a fluid.
* (physical chemistry) (transitive) To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or other material.
* (physical chemistry) (intransitive) To be disintegrated by such immersion.
* (transitive) To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.
** c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v]:Nothing can dissolve us.
* (transitive) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
** 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC:Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder.
** 1776, The Declaration of Independence:For one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another.
* (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: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.
* (cinematography, intransitive) To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.
    Synonym: fade out
* (intransitive) To resolve itself as by dissolution.
* (obsolete) To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
** 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “A Dream of Fair Women”, in Poems. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:dissolved the mystery
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Daniel 5:16:Make interpretations and dissolve doubts.
* To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
** 1674 (date written), John Dryden, “The Authors Apology for Heroique Poetry; and Poetique Licence”, in The State of Innocence, and Fall of Man: An Opera. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1677, →OCLC, page 29:Seraph and Cherub, careleſs of their charge, / And wanton, in full eaſe now live at large: / Unguarded leave the paſſes of the Sky; / And all diſſolv'd in Hallelujahs lye.

#### Derived terms

* codissolve
* dissolvability
* dissolvable
* dissolvement
* dissolver
* dissolvible
* dissolvingly
* dissolving view
* nondissolving
* redissolve
* undissolving

#### Translations

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#### See also

* melt

### Noun

dissolve (plural dissolves)
* (cinematography) a form of film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next
    Synonym: fade out
** 1986 April 19, Michael Bronski, “Two Views on Desert Hearts: Sexy? or simply Slow?”, in Gay Community News, page 9:While most of the film is done in medium and long shots (connected with dissolves and wipes which lend a lovely period effect)

#### Derived terms

* lap dissolve
* match dissolve

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* voidless

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /disˈsɔl.ve/
* Rhymes: -ɔlve
* Hyphenation: dis‧sòl‧ve

### Verb

dissolve
* third-person singular present indicative of dissolvere

### Anagrams

* disvolse

## Latin
### Verb

dissolve
* second-person singular present active imperative of dissolvō

## Middle English
### Verb

dissolve
* Alternative form of dissolven

## Portuguese
### Verb

dissolve
* inflection of dissolver:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative