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<p><b>1.</b> <def>To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation, etc.; to terminate; to destroy; to deprive of force; <as>as, to <ex>dissolve</ex> a partnership; to <ex>dissolve</ex> Parliament.</as></def>

<blockquote>Lest his ungoverned rage <b>dissolve</b> the life. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.</def>

<blockquote>Nothing can <b>dissolve</b> us. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Down fell the duke, his joints <b>dissolved</b> asunder. <i>Fairfax.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>For one people to <b>dissolve</b> the political bands which have connected them with another. <i>The Declaration of Independence.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.</def>

<blockquote>As if the world were all <b>dissolved</b> to tears. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To solve; to clear up; to resolve.</def> "<i>Dissolved</i> the mystery."

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<blockquote>Make interpretations and <b>dissolve</b> doubts. <i>Dan. v. 16.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.</def>

<blockquote>Angels <b>dissolved</b> in hallelujahs lie. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; <as>as, to <ex>dissolve</ex> an injunction</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Adjourn</er>.</syn>

<h1>Dissolve</h1> <Xpage=433>

<hw>Dis*solve"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To become fluid; to be melted; to be liquefied.</def>

<blockquote>A figure Trenched in ice, which with an hour's heat <b>Dissolves</b> to water, and doth lose his form. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power.</def>

<blockquote>The charm <b>dissolves</b> apace. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dissolvent</h1> <Xpage=433>

<hw>Dis*solv"ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dissolvens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>dissolvere</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having power to dissolve power to dissolve a solid body; <as>as, the <ex>dissolvent</ex> juices of the stomach</as>.</def>

<i>Ray.</i>

<h1>Dissolvent</h1> <Xpage=433>

<hw>Dis*solv"ent</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which has the power of dissolving or melting other substances, esp. by mixture with them; a menstruum; a solvent.</def>

<blockquote>Melted in the crucible <b>dissolvents</b>. <i>A. Smith.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The secret treaty of December acted as an immediate <b>dissolvent</b> to the truce. <i>Mothley.</i></blockquote>