Dissolving

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dissolve \Dis*solve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissolved}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Dissolving}.] [L. dissolvere, dissolutum; dis- +
     solvere to loose, free. See {Solve}, and cf. {Dissolute}.]
     1. To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break
        up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts,
        sundering a relation, etc.; to terminate; to destroy; to


        deprive of force; as, to dissolve a partnership; to
        dissolve Parliament.
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              Lest his ungoverned rage dissolve the life. --Shak.
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     2. To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to
        sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
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              Nothing can dissolve us.              --Shak.
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              Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder.
                                                    --Fairfax.
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              For one people to dissolve the political bands which
              have connected them with another.     --The
                                                    Declaration of
                                                    Independence.
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     3. To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture,
        etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.
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              As if the world were all dissolved to tears. --Shak.
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     4. To solve; to clear up; to resolve. "Dissolved the
        mystery." --Tennyson.
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              Make interpretations and dissolve doubts. --Dan. v.
                                                    16.
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     5. To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
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              Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie.  --Dryden.
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     6. (Law) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as,
        to dissolve an injunction.
  
     Syn: See {Adjourn}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dissolving \Dis*solv"ing\, a.
     Melting; breaking up; vanishing. -- {Dis*solv"ing*ly}, adv.
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     {Dissolving view}, a picture which grows dim and is gradually
        replaced by another on the same field; -- an effect
        produced by magic lanterns.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dissolving
       adj : causing to dissolve; "the dissolving medium is called the
             solvent"
       n : the process of going into solution; "the dissolving of salt
           in water" [syn: {dissolution}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "dissolving":
     colliquative, disappearing, dissolutional, dissolutive, evanescent,
     evaporating, fading, fleeting, flying, fugitive, fusing,
     liquefactive, liquefying, melting, passing, thawing, transient,
     vanishing