[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dissolve \dissolve"\, 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
see also:
dissolved dissolving solve dissolute adjourn 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dissolving \dissolv"ing\, a.
   melting; breaking up; vanishing. -- dissolv"ingly, adv.
   1913 webster

   dissolving view, a picture which grows dim and is gradually
      replaced by another on the same field; -- an effect
      produced by magic lanterns.
      1913 webster
see also:
dissolv"ingly dissolving view 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

dissolving
     adj : causing to dissolve; "the dissolving medium is called the
           solvent"
     n : the process of going into solution; "the dissolving of salt
         in water" syn: dissolution
see also:
dissolution 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

18 moby thesaurus words for "dissolving":
   colliquative, disappearing, dissolutional, dissolutive, evanescent,
   evaporating, fading, fleeting, flying, fugitive, fusing,
   liquefactive, liquefying, melting, passing, thawing, transient,
   vanishing

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