dissolving

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

the process of going into solution“the dissolving of salt in water”Synonyms: dissolution

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Dissolving \Dis*solv"ing\, a. Melting; breaking up; vanishing. -- Dis*solv"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Dissolving view, a picture which grows dim and is gradually replaced by another on the same field; -- an effect produced by magic lanterns. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Lest his ungoverned rage dissolve the life.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate. [1913 Webster]

Nothing can dissolve us.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder.— Fairfax.[1913 Webster]

For one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another.— The Declaration of Independence.[1913 Webster]

3.To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften. [1913 Webster]

As if the world were all dissolved to tears.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

4.To solve; to clear up; to resolve. "Dissolved the mystery." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

Make interpretations and dissolve doubts.— Dan. v. 16.[1913 Webster]

5.To relax by pleasure; to make powerless. [1913 Webster]

Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

6.(Law) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction.

Syn: See Adjourn. [1913 Webster]