Word Meanings - DISSOLVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction. Syn. -- See Adjourn. (more info) 1. To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering

Additional info about word: DISSOLVE

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

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DISSOLVE)

• Decompose
• Analyze
• segregate
• individualize
• resolve
• dissolve
• Evaporate
• Melt
• colliquute
• liquefy
• vaporize
• disappear
• exhale
• distil
• Dissolve
• liquify
• colliquate
• run
• flow
• fuse
• Thaw
• melt
• Vanish
• Disappear
• fade away

Related words: (words related to DISSOLVE)

• DISAPPEARING
  p. pr. & vb. n. of Disappear. Disappearing carriage , a carriage for heavy coast guns on which the gun is raised above the parapet for firing and upon discharge is lowered behind the parapet for protection. The standard type of disappearing
• DISTILLABLE
  Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillable; olive oil is not distillable.
• DISTILLATION
  The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible
• DECOMPOSE
  To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay.
• INDIVIDUALIZER
  One who individualizes.
• EXHALE
  1. To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out, as an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia. Less fragrant scents the unfolding rose exhales. Pope. 2. To draw out; to cause to be emitted
• RESOLVENT
  Having power to resolve; causing solution; solvent.
• ANALYZER
  The part of a polariscope which receives the light after polarization, and exhibits its properties. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, analyzes.
• DISTILLATORY
  Belonging to, or used in, distilling; as, distillatory vessels. -- n.
• DISAPPEARANCE
  The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing. Addison.
• ANALYZE
  To subject to analysis; to resolve into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately; to examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to
• DISSOLVE
  To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction. Syn. -- See Adjourn. (more info) 1. To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering
• RESOLVED
  Having a fixed purpose; determined; resolute; -- usually placed after its noun; as, a man resolved to be rich. That makes him a resolved enemy. Jer. Taylor. I am resolved she shall not settle here. Fielding.
• VANISHMENT
  A vanishing.
• LIQUEFY
  To convert from a solid form to that of a liquid; to melt; to dissolve; and technically, to melt by the sole agency of heat.
• SEGREGATE
  Separated from others of the same kind. (more info) 1. Separate; select.
• RESOLVE
  To solve, as a problem, by enumerating the several things to be done, in order to obtain what is required; to find the answer to, or the result of. Hutton. (more info) relax, enfeeble; pref. re- re- + solvere to loosen, dissolve: cf. F. résoudare
• EXHALEMENT
  Exhalation.
• COLLIQUATE
  To change from solid to fluid; to make or become liquid; to melt. The ore of it is colliquated by the violence of the fire. Boyle. will colliquate in water or warm oil. Sir T. Browne.
• DISTIL
  See DISTILL
• PRERESOLVE
  To resolve beforehand; to predetermine. Sir E. Dering.
• RE-RESOLVE
  To resolve again. Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. Young.
• IRRESOLVEDLY
  Without settled determination; in a hesitating manner; doubtfully.