dissolves

Verb

dissolve (third-person singular simple present dissolves, present participle dissolving, simple past and past participle dissolved)

1. (transitive) To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.
   • The ruling party or coalition sometimes dissolves parliament early when the polls are favorable, hoping to reconvene with a larger majority.

   Antonyms:

   establish, found

2. (transitive) To destroy, make disappear.
3. (transitive) To liquify, melt into a fluid.
   • as if the world were all dissolved to tears1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...

   Synonyms:

   melt, formelt

4. (intransitive) To be melted, changed into a fluid.
5. (physical, transitive) To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or other material.
   • There was a legend that Cleopatra was accustomed to dissolve pearls in vinegar and drink the fluid in order to promote her amorousness.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 65
6. (intransitive, physical) To be disintegrated by such immersion.

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