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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
dissolved
    adj 1: (of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form; "add the
           dissolved gelatin"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
damaged \damaged\ (d[a^]m"[asl]jd), adj.
   1. changed so as to reduce value, function, or other
      desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. Opposite
      of undamaged. [Narrower terms: battered, beat-up,
      beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated,
      ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound; bent, crumpled,
      dented; blasted, rent, ripped, torn; broken-backed;
      burned-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate),
      burnt-out(prenominal), burnt out(predicate); burst,
      ruptured; corroded; cracked, crackled, crazed;
      defaced, marred; hurt, weakened;
      knocked-out(prenominal), knocked out; mangled,
      mutilated; peeling; scraped, scratched;
      storm-beaten] Also See blemished, broken, damaged,
      destroyed, impaired, injured, unsound.
      [WordNet 1.5]

   2. Rendered imperfect by impairing the integrity of some
      part, or by breaking. Opposite of unbroken. [Narrower
      terms: busted; chipped; cracked; crumbled,
      fragmented; crushed, ground; dissolved; fractured;
      shattered, smashed, splintered; split; unkept,
      violated] Also See: damaged, imperfect, injured,
      unsound.

   Syn: broken.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   3. being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged
      reputation.

   Syn: discredited.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   4. made to appear imperfect; -- especially of reputation; as,
      the senator's seriously damaged reputation.

   Syn: besmirched, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied,
        tainted, tarnished.
        [WordNet 1.5]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
      [1913 Webster]

            Lest his ungoverned rage dissolve the life. --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to
      sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
      [1913 Webster]

            Nothing can dissolve us.              --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

            Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder.
                                                  --Fairfax.
      [1913 Webster]

            For one people to dissolve the political bands which
            have connected them with another.     --The
                                                  Declaration of
                                                  Independence.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture,
      etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.
      [1913 Webster]

            As if the world were all dissolved to tears. --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. To solve; to clear up; to resolve. "Dissolved the
      mystery." --Tennyson.
      [1913 Webster]

            Make interpretations and dissolve doubts. --Dan. v.
                                                  16.
      [1913 Webster]

   5. To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
      [1913 Webster]

            Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie.  --Dryden.
      [1913 Webster]

   6. (Law) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as,
      to dissolve an injunction.

   Syn: See Adjourn.
        [1913 Webster]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
dissolved \dissolved\ adj.
   1. changed from a solid to a liquid state by increase of
      temperature; melted. Opposite of unmelted.

   Syn: liquefied, liquified, melted.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. sundered by divorce, separation, or desertion; -- of
      social bonds and relations.
      [WordNet 1.5]

   3. diffused into a liquid of differing chemical composition,
      forming a stable solution; -- said of chemical substances.
      [PJC]

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