dissolving
    n 1: the process of going into solution; "the dissolving of salt
         in water" [syn: dissolving, dissolution]

Dissolving \Dis*solv"ing\, a.
   Melting; breaking up; vanishing. -- Dis*solv"ing*ly, adv.
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   Dissolving view, a picture which grows dim and is gradually
      replaced by another on the same field; -- an effect
      produced by magic lanterns.
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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.
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            Lest his ungoverned rage dissolve the life. --Shak.
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   2. To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to
      sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
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            Nothing can dissolve us.              --Shak.
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            Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder.
                                                  --Fairfax.
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            For one people to dissolve the political bands which
            have connected them with another.     --The
                                                  Declaration of
                                                  Independence.
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   3. To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture,
      etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.
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            As if the world were all dissolved to tears. --Shak.
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   4. To solve; to clear up; to resolve. "Dissolved the
      mystery." --Tennyson.
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            Make interpretations and dissolve doubts. --Dan. v.
                                                  16.
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   5. To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
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            Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie.  --Dryden.
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   6. (Law) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as,
      to dissolve an injunction.

   Syn: See Adjourn.
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