dissolve

Definitions

1. verb

   To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.

   Example

   • The ruling party or coalition sometimes dissolves parliament early when the polls are favorable, hoping to reconvene with a larger majority.
   ≠establish≠found
2. verb

   To destroy, make disappear.

3. verb

   To liquify, melt into a fluid.

   Example

   • as if the world were all dissolved to tears
   ≈melt≈formelt
4. verb

   To be melted, changed into a fluid.

5. verb

   To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or other material.

   Example

   • There was a legend that Cleopatra was accustomed to dissolve pearls in vinegar and drink the fluid in order to promote her amorousness.
6. verb

   To be disintegrated by such immersion.

7. verb

   To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.

   Example

   • Nothing can dissolve us.
8. verb

   To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.

   Examples

   • Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder.
   • For one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another.
9. verb

   To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release.

   Examples

   • to dissolve an injunction
   • 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. verb

    To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.

    ≈fade out