Verb

(dissolv)

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

To destroy, make disappear

To liquify, melt into a fluid

* Shakespeare

as if the world were all dissolved to tears

To be melted, changed into a fluid

(chemistry) To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or gas.

(chemistry) To be disintegrated by such immersion.

To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.

* Shakespeare

Nothing can dissolve us.

To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.

* Fairfax

Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder.

* The Declaration of Independence

For one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another.

(legal) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release.

to dissolve an injunction

(cinematography) To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.

To resolve itself as by dissolution

(obsolete) To solve; to clear up; to resolve.

* Tennyson

dissolved the mystery

* Bible, Daniel v. 16

Make interpretations and dissolve doubts.

To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.

* Dryden

Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie.

Verb

(evaporat)

to transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state

to expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion

to evaporate apples

to give vent to; to dissipate

* Sir H. Wotton

My lord of Essex evaporated his thoughts in a sonnet.

(figuratively) to disappear; to escape or pass off without effect

* Francis Bacon

To give moderate liberty for griefs and discontents to evaporate is a safe way.

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