DISSOLVE, v.t. dizzolv. [L., to loose, to free.] 1. To melt; to liquefy; to convert from a solid or fixed state to a fluid state, by means of heat or moisture. To desolve by heat, is to loosen the parts of a solid body and render them fluid or easily movable. Thus ice is converted into water by dissolution.To dissolve in a liquid, is to separate the parts of a solid substance, and cause them to mix with the fluid; or to reduce a solid substance into minute parts which may be sustained in that fluid. Thus water dissolves salt and sugar.2. To disunite; to break; to separate.Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness? 2 Peter 3.3. To loose; to disunite.Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved. 4. To loose the ties or bonds of any thing; to destroy an connected system; as, to dissolve a government; to dissolve a corporation.5. To loose; to break; as, to dissolve a league; to dissolve the bonds of friendship.6. To break up; to cause to separate; to put an end to; as, to dissolve the parliament; to dissolve an assembly.7. To clear; to solve; to remove; to dissipate, or to explain; as, to dissolve doubts. We usually say, to solve doubts and difficulties.8. To break; to destroy; as, to dissolve a charm, spell or enchantment.9. To loosen or relax; to make languid; as dissolved in pleasure.10. To waste away; to consume; to cause to vanish or perish.Thou dissolvest my substance. Job 30.11. To annul; to rescind; as, to dissolve an injunction.DISSOLVE, v.i. dizzolv. 1. To be melted; to be converted from a solid to a fluid state; as, sugar dissolves in water.2. To sink away; to lose strength and firmness.3. To melt away in pleasure; to become soft or languid.4. To fall asunder; to crumble; to be broken. A government may dissolve by its own weight or extent.5. To waste away; to perish; to be decomposed. Flesh dissolves by putrefaction.6. To come to an end by a separation of parts. |
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