dissolve

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Etymology

Recorded since c. 1374 (displacing Old English toliesan) as Middle English dissolven, from Latin dissolvere (“to loosen up, break apart”) but with the sense from Anglo-Norman dissoldre (variant of Old French dissoudre), itself from dis- (“apart”) + solvere (“to loose, loosen”). By surface analysis, dis- +‎ solve.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪˈzɒlv/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪˈzɑlv/
• Hyphenation: dis‧solve

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

dissolve (third-person singular simple present dissolves, present participle dissolving, simple past and past participle dissolved)

1. (transitive) To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.

   Antonyms: establish, found

   The ruling party or coalition sometimes dissolves parliament early when the polls are favorable, hoping to reconvene with a larger majority.

2. (transitive) To destroy, make disappear.
3. (transitive) To liquify, melt into a fluid.

   Synonyms: melt, formelt

   • 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

     as if the world were all dissolved to tears

4. (intransitive) To be melted, changed into a fluid.
5. (physical chemistry) (transitive) To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or other material.
6. (physical chemistry) (intransitive) To be disintegrated by such immersion.
7. (transitive) To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.
   • c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v]:

     Nothing can dissolve us.

8. (transitive) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
   • 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC:

     Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder.

   • 1776, The Declaration of Independence:

     For one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another.

9. (law, transitive) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release.

   to dissolve an injunction

   • 2017 August 13, Brandon Nowalk, “Oldtown offers one last game-changing secret as Game Of Thrones goes behind enemy lines (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club‎:

     Jon Snow is the legitimate heir to the Targaryen line, by the old rules, of the old government, which was dissolved and reshaped by King Robert.

10. (cinematography, intransitive) To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.

    Synonym: fade out

11. (intransitive) To resolve itself as by dissolution.
12. (obsolete) To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
    • 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “A Dream of Fair Women”, in Poems. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:

      dissolved the mystery

    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Daniel 5:16:

      Make interpretations and dissolve doubts.

13. To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
    • 1674 (date written), John Dryden, “The Authors Apology for Heroique Poetry; and Poetique Licence”, in The State of Innocence, and Fall of Man: An Opera. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1677, →OCLC, page 29:

      Seraph and Cherub, careleſs of their charge, / And wanton, in full eaſe now live at large: / Unguarded leave the paſſes of the Sky; / And all diſſolv'd in Hallelujahs lye.

Derived terms

• dissolvable
• dissolver
• dissolving view

 

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewh₃-‎ (0 c, 30 e)

Translations

transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively

Armenian: լուծարել (hy) (lucarel) Bulgarian: разпускам (bg) (razpuskam) Catalan: dissoldre (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 解散 (zh) (jiěsàn) Dutch: ontbinden (nl), oplossen (nl) Finnish: hajottaa (fi), purkaa (fi) French: dissoudre (fr) Galician: disolver (gl) German: auflösen (de) Greek: διαλύω (el) (dialýo) Ancient: λύω (lúō) Hungarian: feloszlat (hu) Irish: scaoil Japanese: 解散する (ja) (kaisan suru), 廃止する (ja) (haishi suru) Lithuanian: paleisti Malay: bubar (ms) Maori: pakaru Old English: tōlīesan Polish: rozwiązywać (pl) impf, rozwiązać (pl) pf, rozpuszczać (pl) impf, rozpuścić (pl) pf Portuguese: dissolver (pt) Russian: распуска́ть (ru) impf (raspuskátʹ), распусти́ть (ru) pf (raspustítʹ) Spanish: disolver (es) Ukrainian: розпуска́ти impf (rozpuskáty), розпусти́ти pf (rozpustýty)

transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion

Armenian: լուծել (hy) (lucel) Azerbaijani: əritmək (az) Bulgarian: разтварям (bg) (raztvarjam) Catalan: dissoldre (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 溶解 (zh) (róngjiě), 融化 (zh) (rónghuà) Czech: rozpustit (cs) Dutch: oplossen (nl) Finnish: liuottaa (fi) French: dissoudre (fr) German: auflösen (de) Greek: διαλύω (el) (dialýo), λιώνω (el) (lióno) Ancient: διαλύω (dialúō) Hebrew: הֵמֵס (he) (hemés) Hungarian: felold (hu) Italian: dissolvere (it) Japanese: 溶かす (ja) (とかす, tokasu), 溶く (ja) (とく, toku) Latin: dissolvō Malay: larut Maori: memeha Middle English: dissolven Polish: rozpuszczać (pl) impf, rozpuścić (pl) pf Portuguese: dissolver (pt), dissolver-se, diluir-se Russian: растворя́ть (ru) impf (rastvorjátʹ), раствори́ть (ru) pf (rastvorítʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: раство̀рити Roman: rastvòriti (sh) Spanish: disolver (es) Swedish: lösa (sv), lösa upp (sv) Thai: ละลาย (th) (lá-laai) Turkish: çözmek (tr) Ukrainian: розчиня́ти impf (rozčynjáty), розчини́ти pf (rozčynýty) Vietnamese: hòa tan (vi) Welsh: hydoddi (cy) (technical), toddi (cy) (non-technical)

intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion

Azerbaijani: ərimək (az) Bulgarian: разтварям се (raztvarjam se) Catalan: dissoldre (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 融化 (zh) (rónghuà), 溶解 (zh) (róngjiě) Dutch: oplossen (nl) Finnish: liueta (fi) French: se dissoudre (fr) German: sich auflösen (de) Greek: διαλύομαι (el) (dialýomai) Hebrew: נָמַס (he) (namás) Hungarian: feloldódik (hu) Ingrian: sullaa Irish: díscaoil Italian: dissolversi (it) Japanese: 溶ける (ja) (とける, tokeru) Maori: memeha Middle English: dissolven Polish: rozpuszczać (pl) Portuguese: dissolver (pt), dissolver-se, diluir-se Russian: растворя́ться (ru) impf (rastvorjátʹsja), раствори́ться (ru) pf (rastvorítʹsja) Scottish Gaelic: leagh Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: раство̀рити се Roman: rastvòriti se (sh) Spanish: disolver (es) Thai: ละลาย (th) (lá-laai) Turkish: çözünmek (tr) Ukrainian: розчиня́тися impf (rozčynjátysja), розчини́тися pf (rozčynýtysja) Welsh: hydoddi (cy) (technical), toddi (cy) (non-technical), ymdoddi (cy)

transitive: to annul, rescind, revoke

Catalan: revocar (ca) Hebrew: בִּטֵּל (bitél)

intransitive: to resolve itself as by dissolution

Armenian: լուծարվել (hy) (lucarvel) Catalan: dissoldre's (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 溶解 (zh) (róngjiě) Dutch: verdampen (nl) Finnish: hajota (fi) French: se dissoudre (fr) German: sich auflösen (de) Irish: díscaoil Portuguese: dissolver (pt) Russian: распуска́ться (ru) impf (raspuskátʹsja), распусти́ться (ru) pf (raspustítʹsja), распада́ться (ru) impf (raspadátʹsja), распа́сться (ru) pf (raspástʹsja) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ра̀спасти се Roman: ràspasti se (sh)

fade out — see fade out

transitive: to disperse a group

Azerbaijani: dağıtmaq (az) Bulgarian: разпускам (bg) (razpuskam) Catalan: dissoldre (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 解散 (zh) (jiěsàn) Czech: rozpustit (cs) Dutch: ontbinden (nl), uiteendrijven (nl) Finnish: hajottaa (fi) (transitive), hajautua (intransitive) German: auflösen (de) Hungarian: feloszlat (hu), oszlat (hu) Japanese: 解散する (ja) (かいさんする, kaisan suru) Maori: pakaru Middle English: dissolven Portuguese: dissolver (pt) Russian: распуска́ть (ru) impf (raspuskátʹ), распусти́ть (ru) pf (raspustítʹ) Spanish: disolver (es) Swedish: skingra (sv)

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French: (please verify) dissoudre (fr), (please verify) rompre (fr), (please verify) annuler (fr), (please verify) supprimer (fr) Scottish Gaelic: (please verify) eadar-sgaoil

See also

• melt

Noun

dissolve (plural dissolves)

1. (cinematography) a form of film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next

   Synonym: fade out

   • 1986 April 19, Michael Bronski, “Two Views on Desert Hearts: Sexy? or simply Slow?”, in Gay Community News, page 9:

     While most of the film is done in medium and long shots (connected with dissolves and wipes which lend a lovely period effect)

Derived terms

• lap dissolve
• match dissolve

 

Translations

film punctuation

Dutch: fade-out (nl) Finnish: ristikuva Italian: dissolvenza (it) f

Anagrams

• voidless

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /disˈsɔl.ve/
• Rhymes: -ɔlve
• Hyphenation: dis‧sòl‧ve

Verb

dissolve

1. third-person singular present indicative of dissolvere

Anagrams

• disvolse

Latin

Verb

dissolve

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dissolvō

Middle English

Verb

dissolve

1. Alternative form of dissolven

Portuguese

Verb

dissolve

1. inflection of dissolver:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative