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Definition: Dissolve |
DissolveNoun1. (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out. Verb1. Cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water". 2. Pass into a solution; "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee". 3. Become weaker, as of sound or vision; "The sound faded out". 4. Terminate (legally); "Their marriage dissolved". 5. Stop functioning, as of organizations or groups; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting". 6. Lose control emotionally; "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dissolve" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
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Fine Arts | Lap is the abbreviation for the overlapping of picture information (over the same film footage) during the transitional effect. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In film, a dissolve is a gradual transition from one image to another. In film this effect is created by controlled double exposure from frame to frame; transiting from the end of one clip to the beginning of another.
In video the effect is created by interpolating voltages of the video signal.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dissolve."
Synonyms: DissolveSynonyms: break up (v), disband (v), fade away (v), fade out (v), resolve (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Abrogation | Verb: abrogate, annul, cancel; destroy; abolish; revoke, repeal, rescind, reverse, retract, recall; abolitionize; overrule, override; set aside; disannul, dissolve, quash, nullify, declare null and void; disestablish, disendow; deconsecrate. |
Decomposition | Verb: decompose, decompound; analyze, disembody, dissolve; resolve into its elements, separate into its elements; electrolyze; dissect, decentralize, break up; disperse; unravel; (unroll); crumble into dust. |
Destruction | Destroy; do away with, make away with; nullify; annual; sacrifice, demolish; tear up; overturn, overthrow, overwhelm; upset, subvert, put an end to; seal the doom of, do in, do for, dish, undo; break up, cut up; break down, cut down, pull down, mow down, blow down, beat down; suppress, quash, put down, do a job on; cut short, take off, blot out; dispel, dissipate, dissolve; consume. |
Inexistence | Verb: not exist; have no existence; be null and void; cease to exist; pass away, perish; be extinct, become extinct; Adjective: die out; disappear; melt away, dissolve, leave not a rack behind; go, be no more; die. |
Liquefaction | Verb: render liquid; liquefy, run; deliquesce; melt. (heat); solve; dissolve, resolve; liquate; hold in solution; condense, precipitate, rain. |
Unsubstantiality | Verb: vanish, evaporate, fade, dissolve, melt away; disappear. |
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Screenplays | It was like some beautiful bird flapped into our drab little cage and made those walls dissolve away, and for the briefest of moments, every last man in Shawshank felt free. (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont) Well, then you can swallow it, and it'll all dissolve see, and the moonbeams would shoot out of your fingers and your toes and the ends of your hair am I talking too much? (It's a Wonderful Life; writing credit: Philip Van Doren Stern; Frances Goodrich) | |
Lyrics | Just like the night, dissolve in sleep (EMOTIONAL RESCUE; performing artist: Rolling Stones) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Figure 55. Richard 1-liter bottle constructed in 1908 for the study of dissolve d gases in bottom water. This bottle was tested on the EIDER, a small vessel belonging to the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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John Locke | 1690 | This is demonstratively to reduce all to anarchy, and so effectually to dissolve the government: for laws not being made for themselves, but to be, by their execution, the bonds of the society, to keep every part of the body politic in its due place and function; when that totally ceases, the government visibly ceases, and the people become a confused multitude, without order or connexion. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | When the designs of wicked men or the aggressive urge of mighty States dissolve over large areas the frame of civilized society, humble folk are confronted with difficulties with which they cannot cope. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Its aim is, and its result must be, to dissolve angers by the study of antagonisms. |
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Health | Drugs made from bile acid are used to dissolve the stones. (references) | |
The medication causes the tapeworm to dissolve within the intestines. (references) | ||
Months or years of treatment may be necessary before all the stones dissolve. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Congo | The law grants civil servants the power to establish and dissolve religious groups. (references) |
Chile | The new religion law removed the ability of the State to dissolve religious entities by decree. (references) | |
Taiwan | Under the Civic Organization Law the Constitutional Court holds the power to dissolve political parties. (references) | |
Economic History | Indonesia | A partnership in Indonesia is difficult to dissolve. (references) |
Korea | This control is particularly relevant should the Korean-American partnership dissolve. (references) | |
Morocco | The lower chamber of Parliament may dissolve the government through a vote of no confidence. (references) | |
Human Rights | South Africa | The TRC was scheduled to dissolve in March 2002. The amnesty committee concluded its proceedings at the end of June, but a committee of the TRC was compiling the last two volumes of the TRC report to be added to the five earlier volumes (the initial report) at year's end. (references) |
Political Economy | Indonesia | Several times he threatened to declare a state of civil emergency and dissolve the DPR. (references) |
Thailand | However, the Prime Minister may choose to dissolve the House and call elections before that date. (references) | |
Political Rights | Madagascar | The Constitution permits the President to dissolve the National Assembly for cause. (references) |
Moldova | If Parliament, after multiple votes, proves unable to elect a candidate, the sitting President may dissolve Parliament. (references) | |
Zimbabwe | Amendment 10 grants the President sole power to dissolve Parliament and to appoint or remove a vice president and any minister or deputy minister. (references) | |
Women | Ethiopia | Family arbitration councils, which in the past had the power to dissolve marriages, engaged only in arbitration and reconciliation counseling, and only the courts have the legal power to dissolve marriages. (references) |
Worker Rights | Kuwait | The Amir also may dissolve a union by decree. (references) |
Yemen | Only the General Assembly of the GFWTUY may dissolve unions. (references) | |
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Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it. |
Franklin Pierce | 1853-1857 | To every theory of society or government, whether the offspring of feverish ambition or of morbid enthusiasm, calculated to dissolve the bonds of law and affection which unite us, I shall interpose a ready and stern resistance. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to 'saving' the Union without war, urgent agents were in the city seeking to 'destroy' it without war--seeking to dissolve the Union and divide effects by negotiation. |
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| "Dissolve" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 77.92% of the time. "Dissolve" is used about 403 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 77.92% | 314 | 16,289 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 18.36% | 74 | 38,813 |
| Noun (singular) | 3.23% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.5% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 403 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "dissolve": cross dissolve ♦ dissolve in tears ♦ dissolve into tears ♦ dissolve into thin air ♦ lap dissolve. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "dissolve": re-dissolve. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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Afrikaans | oplos (solve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zgjidh (annul, arrange, cancel, dispose, dispose of, do, iron out, resolve, settle, solve, unbind, unchain, unclasp, undo, unfasten, unlace, unleash, unlock, unravel, untie, work, work out), zbërthej (analyse, analyze, break down, crack, decompose, demount, diffract, disarticulate, disassemble, disintegrate, dismantle, dismount, disperse, Plumb, pull apart, puzzle out, resolve, take to pieces, unbuckle, unbutton, undo, unfasten, unlock, unnail), tretet (digest, evanesce, evaporate, fizzle out), tret (assimilate, cut, dissipate, lose, macerate, melt, thaw), sqaroj (clarify, elucidate, enlighten, enucleate, explain, gloss, illuminate, illustrate, sharpen, straighten, straighten out), shpërndaj (allocate, allot, apportion, bestrew, broadcast, clear, deal, deliver, deploy, diffuse, disband, disembody, dish, dish out, dispel, dispense, disperse, disseminate, distribute, diversify, give out, give rise to, hand out, intersperse, ladle, lay, lay out, mete, part, put out, scatter, share, shed, whiffle, wipe), shpërbëj (decompose, diffract, disintegrate, disperse), prish (alloy, annul, baffle, blast, blow, botch, break, cancel, collapse, consume, corrode, corrupt, damn, darken, debase, debauch, deface, deflower, denounce, deprave, derogate, destroy, deteriorate, disarrange, disestablish, dissipate, fester, fritter, frustrate, go, gum up, infringe, injure, mammock, mess, misguide, misspend, nip, obliterate, pervert, pollute, pull down, quash, queer, rot, ruin, shatter, sophisticate, spend, split, spoil, stymie, take away, thwack, trouble, undo, unmake, unsettle, upset, violate, vitiate, warp, wear, wreck, zap), i jap fund (abate, break up, close, cut, discontinue, disestablish, end, finish, kill, overthrow, quench, stop), humbet (die, disperse, leak away, waste). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نحل (attenuate, decompose, degenerate, disband, disentangle, disintegrate, emaciate, loosen, melt, pervert, pine, resolve, slim, thin, unravel, untie, unwind), قض, حل البرلمان, حل (acquit, become, clear up, crack, detach, disband, disengage, disentangle, disintegrate, dismissal, dispensation, exonerate, fix, free, hash, loose, ravel out, releasing, resolution, resolve, settle, settlement, settling, solution, solve, solvent, unbend, unclasp, uncoil, undo, undoing, unfasten, unfastening, unhook, untangle, untie, untwine, untying, unwind), تلاشى (disappear, drain, evanesce, evaporate, fade, fall, flee, fly, go to pieces, melt, molder, moulder, pass out of sight, peter, trail, vanish), ذاب (flux, fuse, fuze, melt, render, solve, thaw), أنهى (call a halt, close, complete, compose, conclude, cut, determine, do, end, finish, fulfil, fulfill, last, last out, round off, terminate, top, wind up, wrap up), ألغى (abolish, abort, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, deactivate, do away with, eliminate, lift, negate, nullify, obliterate, override, overrule, quash, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, rule out, scratch, scrub, set aside, spike, stop, undo, vacate), أذاب (flux, levigate, run, thaw), بدد أماله. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разтрогвам, разтварям (expand, melt, open, resolve, unclasp, unclose, unfold), разтопявам (fuse, melt, thaw), разлагам (analyse, analyze, break down, contaminate, decompose, degrade, disintegrate, molder, putrefy, resolve, scan), разпускам (disband, dismiss, loose, loosen, unbelt, unbraid, ungird), топя (found, fuse, melt, render, run, smelt, steep, thaw, try, unfreeze), преливане на един кадър в друг, постепенно изчезване на образ, изчезвам постепенно (drain away, shade away). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 解散 (disband), 裁' , 溶解 (solution), 溶化 (Dissolved, Dissolving), 溶 , 冰消"解 (disintegrate, melt like ice and break like tiles). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zrušit (abolish, abrogate, annul, break off, call off, cancel, close down, countermand, destroy, disannul, discontinue, do away with, invalidate, nullify, overturn, quash, raise, repeal, rescind, revers, reverse, revoke, set aside, stop, strike off, sweep, take off, undo, unmake, vitiate, void, withdraw), rozpustit (break up, disband, dismiss, fuse, melt, resolve, take down), rozplynout se (clear away, come to nothing, disappear, disperse, dwindle away, fizzle out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | opløse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | oplossen (solve), opgelost worden. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | solviĝi, solvi (solve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فسخ کردن (Cancel, Countermand, Disannul, Terminate), منحل کردن (Disband), گداختن (Liquefy, Melt, Smelt, Thaw), حل کردن (Loose, Solve, Unravel, Untangle, Untie, Workout), اب کردن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | liuottaa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | dissoudre (disband, disintegrate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | auflösen (analyse, break off, break up, cancel, clear up, close, disband, disintegrate, dismiss, dispel, disperse, eliminate, let loose, liquidate, melt, resolve, solve, terminate, to disband, to disintegrate, to dissolve, to sever, undo, wind up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | διαλύω (dilute, disassemble, disband, dismount, dissipate, liquidate, macerate, take apart). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | למו' (melt, soften, squeeze), למוסס (melt, solve, thaw), למסמס (crush, soothe, squeeze, thaw), לפזר (diffuse, disband, disperse, dissipate, scatter, sow, spatter, spread, strew), ל"מיס (melt), ל"מוסס, ל"מס (melt down, thaw), ל"תמו'' (languish), ל"תמוסס, ל"תיך (fuse, melt, melt down, smelt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | áttűnés, átúszás (lap dissolve, swimming across). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | melarutkan (melt), bubar (fall out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | dissolversi (melt), dissolvere (disperse, dissipate, fade away), dissolvenza senza pausa (cross fade, fade over, lop dissolve), disperdersi (disperse, straggle, thin out), disciogliersi, disciogliere (loosen, melt, unbind), svanire (be lost, disappear, evanesce, expire, fade, melt away, recede, vanish), stemperare (melt), sciogliersi (melt, run, thaw), sciogliere (be dissolved, break up, crack, deatch, detach, disband, loose, loosen, melt, release, render, resolve, set free, shake out, solve, thaw, unbend, unbind, unchain, undo, unfix, untie), risolvere (decide, determine, make up one's mind, resolve, settle, solve, thrash out, turn into, untie, work out), annullare (abate, abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, avoid, cancel, counter, countermand, delete, nullify, override, overrule, quash, remit, rescind, scrub, set aside, tear up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ディーゼル電気車 (daemon, daily news, day, day and date, day bed, day pack, day'n'date, dealer, debate, debug, debugger, decay, decentralization, deduction, deep, deep kiss, default, defender, Defender Plan, defense, definition, delay, delayed steal, delay-line, demand-pull inflation, deoxyribo, depletion, deregulation, deschooling, describe, descriptor, destination, destructor, detail, detector, Deus, developer, device, dictionary, dieldrin, diesel electric car, differential gear, differentiation, diffusion index, digital, digital camera, digital voltmeter, dilettante, dilettantism, dimension, diminuendo, dimple, dinghy, dinner, dinner dress, dinner jacket, dinner party, dinner set, dinner suit, dip, diploma, director, directory, disc jockey, disclosure, Discman, disco, disco sound, discography, disconnect, discontinue, discotheque, discount, discount sale, discount store, discover, discoverer, discrete, discussion, disinflation, disk, disk brake, disk jockey, diskette, diskless, diskman, Disney, Disneyland, dispatch, dispatcher, dispel, dispenser, displacement, display, disposer, disrupt, distance, distortion, distribution, distributor, disturb, divertimento, divided skirt, divider, divot, French kiss). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ディゾルブ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 녹이십시" (defrost). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | skeaylley (bestrew, breed, cast loose, demobilization, diffract, diffuse, diffusion, disband, discharge, dismiss, dispel, disseminate, dissipate, dissipation, dissolution, draw apart, drop away, leakage, liquidate, looseness, release, resolution, resolve, run out, scatter, scattering, scramble, slacken, slackening, slip, spread, spreading, spring, sprinkle, sprinkling, undoing, unfix, unfurl, unfurling), lheie (assimilation, blow, blow of fuse, blow out, blowing, digest, disappear, dissipate, dissipation, dissolution, fuse, liquefaction, liquefy; digestion, melting, smelt, smelting, soften), cur ass bree (prorogue), boggaghey (aspirate, ease, elide, elision, macerate, maceration, moisten, push off, relax, relaxation, soften, steep, tone down). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | oppløse (disintegrate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | issolveday dissolver (break, dilute, disinfect, fade away, liquescent, melt, solve). (various references) dizolva (break, disband, disincorporate, dismiss, gradate, melt), dispãrea (abscond, clear, decamp, die, disappear, do a guy, drop off, evanesce, evaporate, fade away, flee, fly, get out of sight, go out of sight, pass away, peter out, vanish), dilua (attenuate, dilute, temper, weaken), dezintegra (degrade, disincorporate, disintegrate, resolve, split), destrãma (decay, disintegrate, open, Ravel, tease, unravel, unweave), desfiinţa (abolish, abrogate, annul, destroy, disband, disestablish, level away, liquidate, neutralize, repeal, suppress, undo, uproot), desface (cleave, disassemble, disconnect, disentangle, dismantle, free, knock down, loose, loosen, open, outstretch, pick up, pry, sever, sprawl, spread, unbind, uncouple, undo, unfold, unfurl, unlace, unloose, unravel, unrig, untie), descompune (analyse, analyze, crumble, decompose, disintegrate, resolve, rot), topi (consume, destroy, flux, found, fuse, melt, melt down, render, ret, rot, smelt, thaw, wick), solvi, se dizolva (melt), evapora (evaporate), clarifica (account for, bring out, clarify, clear, clear up, define, disentangle, explain, find out, irradiate, point out), anula (abate, abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, defeat, disaffirm, disannul, discharge, negate, negative, nullify, overrule, quash, recall, remit, render null, repeal, rescind, reverse, undo, vacate, vitiate), afunda (deepen, depress, dip, disappear, dive, drench, duck, immerse, sink, soak, submerge). (various references) растворять (macerate, melt, melt down, resolve). (various references) drabh. (various references) razrešiti (disengage, overslaugh, release, work out), rastvoriti. (various references) disolver (break up, disband, dismiss, solve). (various references) upplösas (decompose, disband, disunite), upplösa (break up, decompose, disband, disintegrate, dismiss, disorganize, dissociate, disunite, sissolve, wind up), smälta (digest, flux, fuse, liquate, liquefy, liquify, melt, render, smelt), skingras (disband, disperse, disperses, dissipates, scatter), skingra (disband, dispel, disperse, dissipate, resolve, satisfy), sönderdela (decompose, disintegrate, dismember, dissever, split up), lösa upp (cut, disembroil, loosen, resolve), lösa sig. (various references) dağıtmak (be on the loose, bestrew, break on, crack up, deal, deal out, decompose, deliver, demount, deploy, diffuse, disband, disject, disjoint, dismantle, dispel, dispense, disperse, disrupt, dissipate, distribute, divert, Dot, drown, fling off, hand out, issue, litter, mete out, pass out, rag, rough up, ruffle, rumple, scatter, strew, tumble), dağılmak (adjourn, be scattered, clear, clear away, come apart, crack up, decay, decompose, diffuse, disband, disintegrate, disperse, disrupt, fall, fly to pieces, go into splinters, go splinters, go to pieces, scatter, separate, splinter, spread, straggle), yok olmak (clear away, disappear, evanesce, evaporate, ooze away, perish, vanish), yok etmek (charm away, clear off, cut off, cut up, dispose of, dissipate, do away with, efface, eliminate, end, eradicate, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, liquidate, make away with, shatter, spirit away, spirit off, sponge out, stamp, wipe away, wipe off, wipe out), sona erdirmek (call off, finish, make an end of, put an end to, serve out, wrap up), kontrolunü kaybetmek, halletmek (adjust, arrange, clear up, compound, dispatch, dispose of, figure out, get things done, hurdle, lay on, lick, manage, overcome, polish off, resolve, solve, sort, sort out, Square, surmount, unriddle, untangle, untie, untwine, untwist, unzip, work out), feshetmek (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, call off, cancel, countermand, do away with, outlaw, quash, remit, rescind, set aside, vacate, wash out), eritmek (fuse, fuze, make a dent in, melt, reduce, render, smelt, thaw, unfreeze, whittle away, whittle off), erimek (deliquesce, fuse, melt, pine, pine away, run, thaw), bozmak (abash, abolish, adulterate, affect, alloy, annihilate, annul, baffle, ball up, barbarize, bedevil, blemish, botch, break, break down, break off, break on, bugger, bugger up, bust, cash, change, circumvent, confound, confuse, contaminate, corrupt, cross, damage, debase, debauch, decay, declare off, deface, defile, destroy, deteriorate, disappoint, disarray, discolor, discolour, discomfit, discomfort, discompose, discountenance, dislocate, dismount, disorder, disrupt, distort, disturb, downgrade, emasculate, embarrass, embroil, exchange, explode, fluff, foil, foul, foul up, fumble, garble, goof, goof up, gum up, Harry, impair, indispose, infect, infringe, lead astray, leaven, mangle, Mar, mess, murder, muss, mutilate, obliterate, pervert, pollute, put out, put out of action, put to shame, quash, queer, rattle, reverse, rot, ruffle, ruin, scotch, scupper, shatter, sour, spoil, stymie, taint, thwart, tousle, tumble, undo, unmake, upset, violate, vitiate, whittle away, whittle down, whittle off, wreck), birbirine karışan görüntü, aydınlatmak (brighten, charge, civilize, clear, clear up, clue, elicit, elucidate, enlighten, enucleate, flash, flash on, illume, illuminate, illumine, irradiate, let daylight into smth., light, light up, lighten, post, rake up, set light to, shine upon, solve, unravel). (various references) розріджувати (exhaust, rarefy), розчиняти (attenuate, embowel, solve, spade), розкладати (analyse, analyze, contaminate, dissipate, resolve, set out, spread), розпускати (break up, disband, disembody, disincorporate, loose, unbridle, unfurl), наплив (affluence, callus, inundation, onrush, wipe). (various references) datod (undo, untie), datgorffori, dadmer (thaw), ymddatod, toddi (melt, thaw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | detabescent, dilabor, dissoluta, dissolutae, dissolutas, dissolutis, dissolutum, dissolutus, dissolvam, dissolvantur, dissolvat, dissolvatur, dissolvebant, dissolvenda, dissolventur, dissolvere, dissolverem, dissolveris, dissolverunt, dissolvetur, dissolvi, dissolvisset, dissolvisti, dissolvit, dissolvitur, distraho, extabuerunt, liquefaciens, liquefaciet, liquefacta, liquefactum, liquefiat, liquens, solvere, solvo, tabescat, tabescebam, tabescebant, tabescens, tabescent, tabescente, tabescere, tabescerent, tabescet, tabescetis, tabescimus, tabescit, tabuerunt, to distraho. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Daniel Chapter 5, Verse 16 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | W danihl dunh moi upodeixai to sugkrima thV grafhV kai stoliw se porfuran kai maniakhn crusoun periqhsw soi kai exeiV exousian tou tritou merouV thV basileiaV mou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Porro ego audivi de te quod possis obscura interpretari et ligata dissolvere si ergo vales scripturam legere et interpretationem indicare mihi purpura vestieris et torquem auream circa collum tuum habebis et tertius in regno meo princeps eris |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation of it, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And I have had news of you, that you have the power of making things clear, and of answering hard questions: now if you are able to make out the writing and give me the sense of it, you will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain round your neck and be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Daniel Chapter 5, Verse 16 |
| Cebuano | Apan ako nakadungog mahitungod kanimo, nga ikaw makahubad, ug makasulbad sa mga gikaduha-duhaan: karon kong makabasa ka sa sinulat, ug makapahayag kanako sa kahulogan niana, pagasul-oban ikaw sa saput nga purpura, ug sab-ongan sa kolintas nga bulawan ang imong liog, ug mahimo ka nga ikatulong magmamando sa gingharian. |
| Chinese | 我 聽 說 善 於 講 解 、 能 解 疑 惑 ． 現 在 若 能 讀 這 文 字 、 把 講 解 告 訴 我 、 就 必 身 穿 紫 袍 、 戴 金 鍊 、 在 我 國 中 位 列 第 三 。 |
| Croatian | A èujem da si ti kadar dati tumaèenja i da razrješuješ teškoæe. Ako si dakle kadar proèitati ovo pismo i reæi mi njegovo znaèenje, bit æeš odjeven u grimiz i nosit æeš zlatan lanac oko vrata i bit æeš treæi u kraljevstvu." |
| Danish | Men jeg har hørt om dig, at du kan tyde Drømme og løse Knuder. Nu vel! Hvis du kan læse Skriften og tyde mig den, skal du klædes i Purpur, Guldkæden skal hænges om din Hals, og du skal være den tredje mægtigste i Riget." |
| Dutch | Doch van u heb ik gehoord, dat gij uitleggingen kunt geven, en knopen ontbinden; nu, indien gij dit schrift zult kunnen lezen, en deszelfs uitlegging mij bekend maken, gij zult met purper bekleed worden, met een gouden keten om uw hals, en gij zult de derde heerser in dit koninkrijk zijn. |
| Finnish | Mutta sinun minä olen kuullut voivan antaa selityksiä ja ratkaista ongelmia. Nyt siis, jos voit lukea kirjoituksen ja ilmoittaa minulle sen selityksen, niin sinut puetaan purppuraan, ja kultakäädyt pannaan sinun kaulaasi, ja sinä olet oleva yksi valtakunnan kolmesta valtamiehestä." |
| French | J`ai appris que tu peux donner des explications et résoudre des questions difficiles; maintenant, si tu peux lire cette écriture et m`en donner l`explication, tu seras revêtu de pourpre, tu porteras un collier d`or ton cou, et tu auras la troisième place dans le gouvernement du royaume. |
| German | Von dir aber höre ich, daß du könnest Deutungen geben und das Verborgene offenbaren. Kannst du nun die Schrift lesen und mir anzeigen, was sie bedeutet, so sollst du mit Purpur gekleidet werden und eine golden Kette an deinem Halse tragen und der dritte Herr sein in meinem Königreiche. |
| Hungarian | De felõled azt hallottam, hogy te tudod az értelmet megfejteni és a titkokat megoldani; most azért, ha el tudod olvasni ezt az írást és értelmét nékem megmondani, bíborba öltöztetel és aranyláncz lesz a nyakadon, és mint harmadik uralkodol az országban. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Baru saja kudengar bahwa engkau dapat menyingkapkan segala rahasia dan memecahkan soal-soal yang sulit. Jika engkau dapat membaca tulisan ini dan memberitahukan artinya kepadaku, engkau akan kuberi pakaian kerajaan berupa jubah ungu dan kalung emas tanda kehormatan. Selain itu engkau akan kuangkat menjadi penguasa ketiga dalam kerajaanku." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | dan tegal aku sudah mendengar akan halmu, bahwa engkau dapat memberi arti yang begitu, dan menguraikan simpulan, sebab itu, jikalau engkau dapat membaca suratan ini dan memberitahu aku artinya, niscaya engkau akan dikenakan pakaian ungu dan kalung emas pada lehermu dan engkau akan memerintahkan kerajaan pada pangkat yang ketiga. |
| Italian | Ora, mi è stato detto che tu sei esperto nel dare spiegazioni e sciogliere enigmi. Se quindi potrai leggermi questa scrittura e darmene la spiegazione, tu sarai vestito di porpora, porterai al collo una collana d'oro e sarai il terzo signore del regno». |
| Maori | Kua rongo ia ahau ki a koe, ka taea e koe te whakaatu tikanga, a ka tareka i a koe nga mea e mau ana. Na ki te taea e koe te tuhituhi te korero, a ka whakaaturia tona tikanga ki ahau, he ngangana te kakahu mou, he mekameka koura ano tenei mo tou kaki, ko koe hoki hei rangatira tuatoru i te kingitanga. |
| Norwegian | Men jeg har hørt om dig at du kan gi uttydninger og utrede vanskelige spørsmål; kan du nu lese denne skrift og kunngjøre mig dens uttydning, så skal du klæs i purpur og få en gullkjede om din hals, og i makt skal du være den tredje i riket. |
| Portuguese | Ouvi dizer, porém, a teu respeito que podes dar interpretações e resolver dúvidas. Agora, pois, se puderes ler esta escritura e fazer-me saber a sua interpretação, serás vestido de púrpura, e terás cadeia de ouro ao pescoço, e no reino serás o terceiro governante. |
| Rumanian | Am aflat cq tu poyi sq tklcuiewti wi sq deslegi kntrebqri grele; acum, dacq vei putea sq citewti scrierea aceasta wi sq mi -o tklcuiewti, vei fi kmbrqcat cu purpurq, vei purta un lqnyiwor de aur la gkt, wi vei avea locul al treilea kn ckrmuirea kmpqrqyiei!`` |
| Russian | б П ФЕ'Е С УМЩЫБМ, ЮФП ФЩ НПЦЕЫШ П'ЯСУОСФШ ЪОБЮЕОЙЕ Й ТБЪТЕЫБФШ ХЪМЩ; ЙФБЛ, ЕУМЙ НПЦЕЫШ ТПЮЙФБФШ ЬФП ОБ ЙУБООПЕ Й П'ЯСУОЙФШ НОЕ ЪОБЮЕОЙЕ ЕЗП, ФП П'МЕЮЕО 'Х"ЕЫШ Ч 'БЗТСОЙ"Х, Й ЪПМПФБС "Е Ш 'Х"ЕФ ОБ ЫЕЕ ФЧПЕК, Й ФТЕФШЙН ЧМБУФЕМЙОПН 'Х"ЕЫШ Ч "БТУФЧЕ. |
| Swedish | Men om dig har jag hört att du kan giva uttydningar och reda ut invecklade ting. Om du alltså nu kan läsa skriften och säga mig dess uttydning, så skall du bliva klädd i purpur, och den gyllene kedjan skall hängas om din hals, och du skall bliva den tredje herren i riket." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dissolve": dissolved, dissolvent, dissolvents, dissolver, dissolvers, dissolves. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "dissolve": redissolve. (additional references) | |
Words containing "dissolve": redissolved, redissolves, undissolved. (additional references) | |
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"Dissolve" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: desolve, Dessoulavy, disadva, disolv, disolve, dissolv. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dissolve" (pronounced di'zÄ"lv) |
| 4 | -z Ä" l v | absolve, resolve. |
| 3 | -Ä" l v | devolve, evolve, involve, revolve, solve. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-i-l-o-s-s-v" | |
-2 letters: devils, dossel, dossil, oldies, olives, sidles, siloed, slides, sloids, soiled, solids, solved, solves, videos, voiles. | |
-3 letters: deils, delis, devil, diols, dives, doles, doses, doves, eidos, evils, idles, idols, isled, isles, lidos, lived, lives, lodes, loess, loses, loved, loves, oiled, oldie, olive, sides, sidle, silds, silos, sleds, slide, sloes, sloid, soils, soldi, soled. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-i-l-o-s-s-v" | |
+1 letter: dissolved, dissolver, dissolves. | |
+2 letters: dissolvent, dissolvers, redissolve. | |
+3 letters: dissolvable, dissolvents, misdevelops, redissolved, redissolves, undissolved. | |
+4 letters: dichlorvoses, redissolving, voidableness. | |
+5 letters: overlordships, slaveholdings. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 69 73 73 6F 6C 76 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. ... ... --- .-.. ...- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01110011 01110011 01101111 01101100 01110110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i s s o l v e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0073 0073 006F 006C 0076 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3875858581788871 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Historic 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Speeches 11. Usage Frequency 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Translations: Ancient 16. Bible Trace | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Orthography | 21. Bibliography |
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