Dissolved

4 definitions found

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

  damaged \damaged\ (d[a^]m"[asl]jd), adj.
     1. changed so as to reduce value, function, or other
        desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. Opposite
        of {undamaged}. [Narrower terms: {battered, beat-up,
        beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated,
        ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound}; {bent, crumpled,


        dented}; {blasted, rent, ripped, torn}; {broken-backed};
        {burned-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate),
        burnt-out(prenominal), burnt out(predicate)}; {burst,
        ruptured}; {corroded}; {cracked, crackled, crazed};
        {defaced, marred}; {hurt, weakened};
        {knocked-out(prenominal), knocked out}; {mangled,
        mutilated}; {peeling}; {scraped, scratched};
        {storm-beaten}] Also See {blemished}, {broken}, {damaged},
        {destroyed}, {impaired}, {injured}, {unsound}.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. Rendered imperfect by impairing the integrity of some
        part, or by breaking. Opposite of {unbroken}. [Narrower
        terms: {busted}; {chipped}; {cracked}; {crumbled,
        fragmented}; {crushed, ground}; {dissolved}; {fractured};
        {shattered, smashed, splintered}; {split}; {unkept,
        violated}] Also See: {damaged}, {imperfect}, {injured},
        {unsound}.
  
     Syn: broken.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged
        reputation.
  
     Syn: discredited.
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     4. made to appear imperfect; -- especially of reputation; as,
        the senator's seriously damaged reputation.
  
     Syn: besmirched, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied,
          tainted, tarnished.
          [WordNet 1.5]

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]:

  dissolved \dissolved\ adj.
     1. changed from a solid to a liquid state by increase of
        temperature; melted. Opposite of {unmelted}.
  
     Syn: liquefied, liquified, melted.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. sundered by divorce, separation, or desertion; -- of
        social bonds and relations.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. diffused into a liquid of differing chemical composition,
        forming a stable solution; -- said of chemical substances.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dissolved
       adj 1: (of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form; "add the
              dissolved gelatin"
       2: sundered by divorce or separation or desertion; "a dissolved
          marriage"