Dissolve
(verb)
- Cause (a solid substance) to become a liquid by mixing it with a liquid.
- Cause to break up and disappear.
- To make a solid substance turn into a liquid by mixing it with a liquid.
- To cause something to break up and disappear.
- To make something disappear by breaking it up into smaller parts.
Origin:
Late middle english: from old french desolver or latin dissolvere, from dis- (expressing reversal) + solvere "loosen".
Examples:
- He dissolved the sugar in the coffee.
- The tablet dissolved in water.
- The ice cream dissolved in the heat.
- The company dissolved its partnership.
- The government dissolved the parliament.