DISSOLVE

I. verb see: solve Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to cause to disperse or disappear ; destroy , to separate into component parts ; disintegrate , to bring to an end ; terminate , annul , 2. to cause to pass into solution , melt , liquefy , to cause to be emotionally moved, to cause to fade in or out in a ~, detach , loosen , to clear up , intransitive verb 1. to become dissipated or decomposed, break up , disperse , to fade away, 2. to become fluid ; melt , to pass into solution, to be overcome emotionally , to resolve itself as if by dissolution , to change by a ~ , dissolvable adjective ~nt noun or adjective ~r noun II. noun Date: 1916 a gradual superimposing of one motion-picture or television shot upon another on a screen