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Definition dissolve

Etymology

Recorded since c. 1374, from Latin dissolvere (“to loosen up, break apart”), itself from dis- (“apart”) + solvere (“to loose, loosen”).

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
2. (transitive) to destroy, make disappear
3. (transitive) to liquify, melt into a fluid
4. (intransitive) to be melted, changed into a fluid
5. (chemistry, transitive) to disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or gas
6. (chemistry, intransitive) to be disintegrated by such immersion
7. (transitive) to disperse, drive apart a group of persons
8. (transitive) to break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate
9. (law, transitive) to annul; to rescind; to discharge or release
10. (cinematography, intransitive) to shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in
11. (intransitive) to resolve itself as by dissolution
12. (obsolete) to solve; to clear up; to resolve
13. to relax by pleasure; to make powerless

Noun

dissolve (plural dissolves)

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

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