Dissolve
Dissolve , transitive verb
[Latin dissolvere, dissolutum; dis- + solvere to loose, free. See Solve, and compare Dissolute.]
1.
To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation, etc.; to terminate; to destroy; to deprive of force; as, to dissolve a partnership; to dissolve Parliament.
Lest his ungoverned rage dissolve the life.
2.
To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
Nothing can dissolve us.
Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder.
For one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another.
3.
To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.
As if the world were all dissolved to tears.
4.
To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
Dissolved the mystery.
Make interpretations and dissolve doubts.
5.
To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie.
6.
(Law) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction.
Dissolve , intransitive verb
1.
To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up.
2.
To become fluid; to be melted; to be liquefied.
A figure
Trenched in ice, which with an hour's heat
Dissolves to water, and doth lose his form.
3.
To fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power.
The charm dissolves apace.