dissolve
dissolve is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 8 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate. Nothing can dissolve us. Shak. Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder. Fairfax. For one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another. The Declaration of Independence.
- 2.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. Shak.
- 3.To solve; to clear up; to resolve. "Dissolved the mystery." Tennyson. Make interpretations and dissolve doubts. Dan. v.
- 4.5. To relax by pleasure; to make powerless. Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie. Dryden.
- 5.(Law) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction.
- 6.To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up.
- 7.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. Shak.
- 8.To fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power. The charm dissolves apace. Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
- see adjourn
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- alkahest
- analysis
- analytical
- analyze
- apozem
- avaunt
- away
- behind
- break
- catalysis
- catalytic
- colliquation
- colliquative
- colliquefaction
- condense
- corruption
- crumble
- decentralize
- decompose
- decomposed
- decomposition
- decompound
- deliquation
- deliquesce
- deliquescence
- deliquescent
- depart
- departure
- disappear
- disappearance
- disappearing
- disembody
- disintegration
- disjunction
- disperse
- dispersion
- dissect
- dissection
- dissolution
- dissolving
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is dissolve.
- What is 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. Shak called?
- What is to solve; to clear up; to resolve. "Dissolved the mystery." Tennyson. Make interpretations and dissolve doubts. Dan. v called?
- What is 5. To relax by pleasure; to make powerless. Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie. Dryden called?
- What is to annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction called?
- What is to waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up called?
- What is 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. Shak called?
- What is to fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power. The charm dissolves apace. Shak called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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