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English
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
Verb
dissolve (third-person singular simple present dissolves, present participle dissolving, simple past and past participle dissolved)
- (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.
- (transitive) To destroy, make disappear.
- (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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :as if the world were all dissolved to tears
- (intransitive) To be melted, changed into a fluid.
- (physical chemistry) (transitive) To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or other material.
- (physical chemistry) (intransitive) To be disintegrated by such immersion.
- (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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Nothing can dissolve us.
- (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 Hatfield, for I Iaggard and M Lownes, →OCLC:Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder.
- (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.
- (cinematography, intransitive) To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.
- Synonym: fade out
- (intransitive) To resolve itself as by dissolution.
- (obsolete) To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
- 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 N 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.
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Translations
transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
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)
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intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
transitive: to annul, rescind, revoke
intransitive: to resolve itself as by dissolution
transitive: to disperse a group
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Noun
dissolve (plural dissolves)
- (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)
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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /disˈsɔl.ve/
- Rhymes: -ɔlve
- Hyphenation: dis‧sòl‧ve
Verb
dissolve
- third-person singular present indicative of dissolvere
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Latin
Verb
dissolve
- second-person singular present active imperative of dissolvō
Middle English
Verb
dissolve
- Alternative form of dissolven
Portuguese
Verb
dissolve
- inflection of dissolver:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative