Emily Dickinson Lexicon

dissolve (-s, -d, -ing), v. [L. dissolv-ere, loosen asunder, disunite.] (webplay: separation, wasted, weight).

1. Disappear; [fig.] die; expire; perish; cease to exist; (see Psalms 75:3).
2. Melt; dissipate; disperse; convert from solid to liquid; [fig.] transform; change gradually.
3. Liquify; weaken.
4. Liquidate; [fig.] kill; cause to die; [metaphor] sacrifice.
5. Eclipse; erase; blur; conceal; hide; make invisible; cause to fade by effusion of intense light; [fig.] extinguish; reduce to nothing; (see Isaiah 34:4).
6. End; finish; resolve; withdraw; retire; run out; pass away; with time.
7. Vanish; fade; (see Daniel 5:16).
8. Fall apart; break down; become annihilated; be subject to destruction by natural or human causes; (see Isaiah 24:19).
9. Disband; be annulled; become void.
10. Separate; break into parts; [fig.] tear; shred; unravel; (see Isaiah 14:31).
11. Disintegrate; decay; decompose; (see 2 Corinthians 5:1).
12. Go away; depart; subside.
13. Liquify; break apart gradually; melt into a solution; (see 2 Peter 3:11-12).
14. Absorb; assimilate; engross; consume; devour; (see Job 30:22).