Sekirov Dictionary

dissolve

UK /dɪˈzɒlv/US /dɪˈzɑlv/

verb 14
noun 1
forms 5

verb14

To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or other material.
To be disintegrated by such immersion.
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To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.
- The ruling party or coalition sometimes dissolves parliament early when the polls are favorable, hoping to reconvene with a larger majority.
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To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.
- Nothing can dissolve us. — 1597
To destroy, make disappear.
To resolve itself as by dissolution.
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To liquify, melt into a fluid.
- as if the world were all dissolved to tears — 1595
To be melted, changed into a fluid.
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To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release.
- 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. — 2017
To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.
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To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
- Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder. — 1600
To separate a ligature into its component letters.
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To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
- 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. — 1674
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(no longer used) To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
- Make interpretations and dissolve doubts. — 1611

noun1

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a form of film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next
- While most of the film is done in medium and long shots (connected with dissolves and wipes which lend a lovely period effect) — 1986

forms

dissolved · dissolving · dissolves · dissolveth · dissolvest

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