DISSOLVE

vt to relax by pleasure; to make powerless.

2. dissolve ·vi to become fluid; to be melted; to be liquefied.

3. dissolve ·vi to fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power.

4. dissolve ·vi to waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up.

5. dissolve ·vt to solve; to clear up; to resolve.

6. dissolve ·vt to annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction.

7. dissolve ·vt to convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, ·etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.

8. dissolve ·vt to break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.

9. 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.