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Word: Dissolve
Speech Type: Verb
late Middle English (also in the sense ‘break down into component parts’): from Latin dissolvere, from dis- ‘apart’ + solvere ‘loosen or solve’
dɪˈzɒlv
(with reference to a solid) become or cause to become incorporated into a liquid so as to form a solution
Short Definition:become or cause to become incorporated into liquid so as to form solution
Examples:- glucose dissolves easily in water
- dissolve a stock cube in a pint of hot water
close down or dismiss (an assembly or official body)
Short Definition:close down or dismiss
Examples:- the National Assembly was dissolved after a coup
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