dissolve

== 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 === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪˈzɒlv/ (General American) IPA(key): /dɪˈzɑlv/, /dɪˈzɔlv/ Hyphenation: dis‧solve Rhymes: -ɒlv === 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 (transitive) To destroy, make disappear. (transitive) To liquify, melt into a fluid. Synonyms: melt, formelt (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. (transitive) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate. (law, transitive) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release. (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. (typography) To separate a ligature into its component letters. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== melt === 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 ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === voidless == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /disˈsɔl.ve/ Rhymes: -ɔlve Hyphenation: dis‧sòl‧ve === Verb === dissolve third-person singular present indicative of dissolvere === Anagrams === disvolse == 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