Part 416

As if the world were all dissolved to tears.

Shak.

4. To solve; to clear up; to resolve. "Dissolved the mystery." Tennyson.

Make interpretations and dissolve doubts.

Dan. v. 16.

5. To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.

Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie.

Dryden.

6. (Law) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction.

Syn. -- See Adjourn.

Dis*solve", v. i. 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.

Shak.

3. To fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power.

The charm dissolves apace.

Shak.

Dis*solv"ent (?), a. [L. dissolvens, -entis, p. pr. of dissolvere.] Having power to dissolve power to dissolve a solid body; as, the dissolvent juices of the stomach. Ray.

Dis*solv"ent, n. 1. That which has the power of dissolving or melting other substances, esp. by mixture with them; a menstruum; a solvent.

Melted in the crucible dissolvents.

A. Smith.

The secret treaty of December acted as an immediate dissolvent to the truce.

Mothley.

2. (Med.) A remedy supposed capable of dissolving concretions in the body, such as calculi, tubercles, etc.

Dis*solv"er (?), n. One who, or that which, has power to dissolve or dissipate.

Thou kind dissolver of encroaching care.

Otway.

Dis*solv"ing, a. Melting; breaking up; vanishing. -- Dis*solv"ing*ly, adv.