Dissolve Definition

dĭ-zŏlv
dissolved, dissolves, dissolving
verb
dissolved, dissolves, dissolving
To merge with a liquid; pass or make pass into solution.
Webster's New World
To reduce (solid matter) to liquid form; melt.
American Heritage
To cause to lose definition; blend or blur.
American Heritage
To cause to disappear or vanish; dispel.
The sun dissolved the fog. That remark dissolved the tension in the room.
American Heritage
To break up; disunite; decompose; disintegrate.
Webster's New World
noun
dissolves
Webster's New World
A transition in a cinematic work consisting of a superimposition in which the first shot fades out while the second shot gradually appears.
American Heritage
idiom
dissolve in tears
  • weep
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Dissolve

Noun

Singular:
dissolve
Plural:
dissolves

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Dissolve

  • dissolve in tears

Origin of Dissolve

  • Middle English dissolven from Latin dissolvere dis- dis- solvere to release leu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Recorded since c.1374, from Latin dissolvere "to loosen up, break apart", itself from dis- "apart" + solvere "to loose, loosen"

    From Wiktionary

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