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dissolve
verb dissolved, dissolving
    tr & intr
    1. To break up and merge with a liquid.
      Thesaurus: liquefy, melt, thaw, soften, evaporate, run.
    2. To bring (an assembly, eg Parliament) to a close.
      Thesaurus: dismiss, adjourn, postpone, terminate, discontinue, end.
    3. To end (a legal partnership, eg a business).
    tr & intr
    4. To disappear or make something disappear.
    intr
    5. To be overcome emotionally.
      Form: dissolve into laughter, tears (often)
    intr
    6. technical
      Said of a film or television image: to fade out as a second image fades in.
noun
    1. technical
      A fading out of one film or television image as a second is simultaneously faded in.
Etymology: 14c: from Latin dissolvere to loosen.



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