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dis·solve

(dĭ-zŏlv′)

v. dis·solved, dis·solv·ing, dis·solves

v.tr.

a. To cause to pass into solution: dissolve salt in water.

b. To reduce (solid matter) to liquid form; melt.

c. To cause to lose definition; blend or blur: "Morality has finally been dissolved in pity" (Leslie Fiedler).

a. To cause to disappear or vanish; dispel: The sun dissolved the fog. That remark dissolved the tension in the room.

b. To break into component parts; disintegrate: The deal dissolved the company into three separate businesses.

c. To bring to an end, as by breaking up; terminate or annul: "General de Gaulle was returned to power ... with a mandate to dissolve an overseas empire that had turned into a nightmare" (Alison Jolly).

d. To dismiss (an assembly such as a legislative body).

3. To cause to be moved emotionally or upset.

v.intr.

a. To pass into solution: Salt dissolves easily in water.

b. To become liquid; melt: The clumps of snow dissolved into puddles.

c. To lose definition; become blurred or indistinguishable: "The last shadows have dissolved into darkness" (Daniel Blajan).

a. To become disintegrated; disappear: The mist dissolves as the sun rises.

b. To be broken up into separate parts: The empire dissolved into many separate countries.

c. To be brought to an end; be annulled or terminated: After a long separation, the marriage finally dissolved.

3. To be moved or overcome emotionally: I dissolved into helpless laughter.

4. To make a transition between shots in a cinematic work using a superimposition in which the first shot fades out while the second shot gradually appears.

A transition in a cinematic work consisting of a superimposition in which the first shot fades out while the second shot gradually appears. Also called lap dissolve.

[Middle English dissolven, from Latin dissolvere : dis-, dis- + solvere, to release; see leu- in Indo-European roots.]

dis·solv′a·ble adj.

dis·solv′er n.

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dissolving

The adding of a solute to a solvent to form a uniform solution.

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dissolving - the process of going into solution; "the dissolving of salt in water"

dissolution

liquefaction - the conversion of a solid or a gas into a liquid

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