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