dissolve

Etymology

Recorded since c. 1374 as Middle English dissolven, from Latin dissolvere (“to loosen up, break apart”), itself from dis- (“apart”) + solvere (“to loose, loosen”).

verb

1. (transitive) To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.
   The ruling party or coalition sometimes dissolves parliament early when the polls are favorable, hoping to reconvene with a larger majority.
2. (transitive) To destroy, make disappear.
3. (transitive) To liquify, melt into a fluid.
4. (intransitive) To be melted, changed into a fluid.
5. (chemistry, transitive) To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or gas.
6. (chemistry, intransitive) To be disintegrated by such immersion.
7. (transitive) To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.
8. (transitive) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
   For one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another. 1776, The Declaration of Independence
9. (law, transitive) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release.
   to dissolve an injunction
   Jon Snow is the legitimate heir to the Targaryen line, by the old rules, of the old government, which was dissolved and reshaped by King Robert. August 13, 2017, Brandon Nowalk, “Oldtown offers one last game-changing secret as Game Of Thrones goes behind enemy lines (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club
10. (cinematography, intransitive) To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.
11. (intransitive) To resolve itself as by dissolution.
12. (obsolete) To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
13. To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.

noun

1. (cinematography) a form of film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next