dissolve

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  1. transitive verb To cause to pass into solution: dissolve salt in water.
  2. transitive verb To reduce (solid matter) to liquid form; melt.
  3. transitive verb To cause to disappear or vanish; dispel.
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  • It didn't dissolve, and she raised an eyebrow at the dye-merchant, who only grinned. —  Owlsight
  • It should be obvious to any mage looking for oddities. —  The Silver Gryphon
  • He donned coif and helmet, belted on sword, picked up shield. —  The Boat of a Million Years
  • The ranks began to dissolve, the first fugitives began to run north and Dodd knew this army was lost. —  Sharpe's Fortress
  • But what an exciting prelude to the New Year. —  Tiger! Tiger!
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English dissolven, from Latin dissolvere : dis-, dis- + solvere, to release; see leu- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English dissolven = Old French dessoudre, dissoudre, dessouldre, later also dissoluer, dissolver, French dissoudre = Provencal dissolvre, dissolver = Spanish disolver = Portuguese dissolver = Italian dissolvere, from Latin dissolvere, loosen, unloose, disunite, dissolve, from dis-, apart, + solvere, loose: see solve. Cf. absolve, resolve.
 

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