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Added 9 October 2026

dissolve

/dɪˈzɒlv/ noun

In Latin: dissolvō Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about dissolve at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

(film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out.

verb

Become weaker.
The sound faded out
Cause to go into a solution.
The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water
Come to an end.
Their marriage dissolved

Origin

Recorded since c. 1374 (displacing Old English toliesan) as Middle English dissolven, from Latin dissolvere (“to loosen up, break apart”) but with the sense from Anglo-Norman dissoldre (variant of Old French dissoudre), itself from dis- (“apart”) + solvere (“to loose, loosen”). By surface analysis, dis- + solve.

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