Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

dissolve

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Remove ads

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

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

Verb

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. (physical chemistry) (transitive) To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or other material.
    • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 65:
      There was a legend that Cleopatra was accustomed to dissolve pearls in vinegar and drink the fluid in order to promote her amorousness.
  6. (physical 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:
      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.
  14. (typography) To separate a ligature into its component letters.

Derived terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewh₃- (0 c, 30 e)

Translations

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked

See also

Noun

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
    • 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

Translations

Anagrams

Remove ads

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

dissolve

  1. third-person singular present indicative of dissolvere

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

dissolve

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of dissolvō

Middle English

Verb

dissolve

  1. alternative form of dissolven

Portuguese

Verb

dissolve

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

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads
Remove ads