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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Dissolve \Dis*solve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissolved}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Dissolving}.] [L. dissolvere, dissolutum; dis- +
     solvere to loose, free. See {Solve}, and cf. {Dissolute}.]
     1. 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.
  
              Lest his ungoverned rage dissolve the life. --Shak.
  
     2. To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to
        sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
  
              Nothing can dissolve us.              --Shak.
  
              Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder.
                                                    --Fairfax.
  
              For one people to dissolve the political bands which
              have connected them with another.     --The
                                                    Declaration of
                                                    Independence.
  
     3. To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture,
        etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.
  
              As if the world were all dissolved to tears. --Shak.
  
     4. To solve; to clear up; to resolve. ``Dissolved the
        mystery.'' --Tennyson.
  
              Make interpretations and dissolve doubts. --Dan. v.
                                                    16.
  
     5. To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
  
              Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie.  --Dryden.
  
     6. (Law) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as,
        to dissolve an injunction.
  
     Syn: See {Adjourn}.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dissolved
       adj 1: (of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form; "add the
              dissolved gelatin"
       2: sundered by divorce or separation or desertion; "a dissolved
          marriage"

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