Definitions for dissolve

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dissolve dis·solve

Spelling: [dih-zolv]

IPA: /dɪˈzɒlv/

Dissolve is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 258 anagrams from letters in dissolve (deilossv).

Definitions for dissolve

noun

1. Also called lap dissolve, cross-dissolve. Movies, Television. a transition from one scene to the next made by dissolving.

verb (used with object)

1. to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution:
2. to melt; liquefy:
3. to undo (a tie or bond); break up (a connection, union, etc.).
4. to break up (an assembly or organization); dismiss; disperse.
5. Government. to order the termination of (a parliament or other legislative body).
6. to bring to an end; terminate; destroy:
7. to separate into parts or elements; disintegrate.
8. to destroy the binding power or influence of:
9. Law. to deprive of force; abrogate; annul:

verb (used without object)

1. to become dissolved, as in a solvent.
2. to become melted or liquefied.
3. to disintegrate, break up, or disperse.
4. to lose force, intensity, or strength.
5. to disappear gradually; fade away.
6. to break down emotionally; lose one's composure:
7. Movies, Television. to fade out one shot or scene while simultaneously fading in the next, overlapping the two during the process.

Origin of dissolve

1350-1400; Middle English Latin dissolvere, equivalent to dis- dis-¹ + solvere to solve

Examples for dissolve

dissolve an ounce of isinglass in as much warm water as will cover it.

“YCT come get me,” they chanted until the crowd began to dissolve.

For the death of one of its members cannot, I am determined, dissolve the T.C.B.S… Yes, publish….

Then dissolve it by stirring it in a saucepan over the fire.

Besides, as he said to a colleague, "If we did not dissolve we would be showing the white feather."

Pour on them as much white wine as will cover and dissolve them.

dissolve half a pound of loaf-sugar in half a pint of claret.

City Opera will dissolve unless $7 million is raised to fund the season by midnight on Monday.

You remember the famous Bertolt Brecht line about how the government should just “dissolve the people and elect another”?

An upcoming court ruling on the constitutionality of the parliamentary elections could dissolve the Islamist-dominated Parliament.