dissolve
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
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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.
Inflected forms:
form: dissolves
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: dissolving
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: dissolved
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: dissolved
pos: verb
tags: past
form: dissolves
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The ruling party or coalition sometimes dissolves parliament early when the polls are favorable, hoping to reconvene with a larger majority.
gloss: To destroy, make disappear.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To liquify, melt into a fluid.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: as if the world were all dissolved to tears
gloss: To be melted, changed into a fluid.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or other material.
pos: verb
tags: physical
transitive
examples: There was a legend that Cleopatra was accustomed to dissolve pearls in vinegar and drink the fluid in order to promote her amorousness.
gloss: To be disintegrated by such immersion.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
physical
gloss: To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Nothing can dissolve us.
gloss: To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder.
For one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another.
gloss: To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to dissolve an injunction
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.
gloss: To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To resolve itself as by dissolution.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
examples: dissolved the mystery
Make interpretations and dissolve doubts.
gloss: To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
pos: verb
examples: 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.
gloss: To separate a ligature into its component letters.
pos: verb
gloss: a form of film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next
pos: noun
examples: While most of the film is done in medium and long shots (connected with dissolves and wipes which lend a lovely period effect)
Related words: melt
Derived words: codissolve
dissolvability
dissolvable
dissolvement
dissolver
dissolvible
dissolvingly
dissolving view
nondissolving
redissolve
undissolving
Translations:
lang: Azerbaijani
word: ərimək
lang: Bashkir
word: иреү
roman: irew
lang: Bashkir
word: эреү
roman: irew
lang: Bulgarian
word: разтварям се
roman: raztvarjam se
lang: Catalan
word: dissoldre
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 融化
roman: rónghuà
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 溶解
roman: róngjiě
lang: Dutch
word: oplossen
lang: Finnish
word: liueta
lang: French
word: se dissoudre
lang: German
word: sich auflösen
lang: Greek
word: διαλύομαι
roman: dialýomai
lang: Hebrew
word: נָמַס
roman: namás
lang: Hungarian
word: feloldódik
lang: Ingrian
word: sullaa
lang: Irish
word: díscaoil
lang: Italian
word: dissolversi
lang: Japanese
word: 溶ける
roman: tokeru
lang: Māori
word: memeha
lang: Middle English
word: dissolven
lang: Polish
word: rozpuszczać
lang: Portuguese
word: dissolver
lang: Portuguese
word: dissolver-se
lang: Portuguese
word: diluir-se
lang: Russian
word: растворя́ться
roman: rastvorjátʹsja
lang: Russian
word: раствори́ться
roman: rastvorítʹsja
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: leagh
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: раство̀рити се
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: rastvòriti se
lang: Spanish
word: disolver
lang: Tamil
word: கரை
roman: karai
lang: Thai
word: ละลาย
roman: lá-laai
lang: Turkish
word: çözünmek
lang: Ukrainian
word: розчиня́тися
roman: rozčynjátysja
lang: Ukrainian
word: розчини́тися
roman: rozčynýtysja
lang: Vietnamese
word: hoà tan
lang: Welsh
word: hydoddi
lang: Welsh
word: toddi
lang: Welsh
word: ymdoddi