dissolve

1. v. t. 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. Source: opted

2. v. t. To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate. Source: opted

3. v. t. To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften. Source: opted

4. v. t. To solve; to clear up; to resolve. Source: opted

5. v. t. To relax by pleasure; to make powerless. Source: opted

6. v. t. To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction. Source: opted

7. v. i. To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up. Source: opted

8. v. i. To become fluid; to be melted; to be liquefied. Source: opted

9. v. i. To fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power. Source: opted

10. n. (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out Source: wordnet

11. v. grow less and less substantial until it disappears Source: wordnet

12. v. cause to go into a solution Source: wordnet

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