Dissolvest vs Dissolvent - What's the difference?
dissolvest | dissolvent |
(archaic) (dissolve)
To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding
To destroy, make disappear
To liquify, melt into a fluid
* Shakespeare
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
To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
* Fairfax
* The Declaration of Independence
(legal) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release.
(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
* Bible, Daniel v. 16
To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
* Dryden
(cinematography) A film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next.
Capable of dissolution into a fluid.
Having power to dissolve power to dissolve a solid body.
* Ray
As a verb dissolvest
is (archaic) (dissolve).As an adjective dissolvent is
capable of dissolution into a fluid.As a noun dissolvent is
a substance which can dissolve or be dissolved into a liquid.dissolvest
English
Verb
(head)dissolve
English
(dissolution)Verb
(dissolv)- ''The ruling party or coalition sometimes dissolves parliament early when the polls are favorable, hoping to reconvene with a larger majority
- as if the world were all dissolved to tears
- 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.
- to dissolve an injunction
- dissolved the mystery
- Make interpretations and dissolve doubts.
- Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie.
Synonyms
* melt * (cinematography) fade outDerived terms
* dissolvable * dissolverAntonyms
* (terminate a union of multiple members actively) establish, foundSee also
* meltNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* fade outdissolvent
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Adjective
(en adjective)- the dissolvent juices of the stomach