Dissolve

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.

II. Dissolve ·vi To become fluid; to be melted; to be liquefied.

III. Dissolve ·vi To fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power.

IV. Dissolve ·vi To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up.

V. Dissolve ·vt To Solve; to clear up; to Resolve.

VI. Dissolve ·vt To Annul; to Rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an Injunction.

VII. Dissolve ·vt To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, ·etc.,; to Melt; to Liquefy; to Soften.

VIII. Dissolve ·vt To break the continuity of; to Disconnect; to Disunite; to Sunder; to Loosen; to Undo; to Separate.

IX. Dissolve ·vt 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.