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Dissolve

To terminate; abrogate; cancel; annul; disintegrate. To release or unloose the binding force of anything.

The dissolution of something is the act of disorganizing or disuniting it, as in marriage, contracts, or corporations.

dissolve

(Disperse), verb atomize, decompose, diffuse, disintegrate, dispel, dissipate, dissolvere, evanesce, intersperse, liquefacere, melt away, radiate, scatter, spread

dissolve

(Separate), verb break apart, break up, demobilize, detach, disband, disconnect, disjoin, dismantle, dispart, dissever, dissociate, divide, divorce, part, set asunder, sever, split up, sunder, take apart, uncouple, undo

dissolve

(Terminate), verb abort, abrogate, break up, bring to an end, bring to conclusion, call off, cancel, cease, conclude, desist, destroy, disband, discontinue, dispose of, draw to a close, efface, effect a dissolution, end, erase, finish, halt, neutralize, nullify, obliterate, quash, render inert, revoke, split up, stop, undo, vitiate, wipe out
Associated concepts: dissolving an injunction
Foreign phrases: Eddem modo quo quid constituitur, dissolvitur.Anything is dissolved in the same manner in which it is made binding.

References in periodicals archive ?

Gold dissolves into the water vapor, which rises toward the surface.

All that glitters: discover how rocks buried below the ground turn into the sparkling gold that coats shiny awards

Although the inoculant-filter assemblies showed that inoculants will properly dissolve, it still needed to be proven that the assemblies provide clean and well-inoculated metal for a casting.

Inoclulating iron through filters

In Japan, the term of office of the 480-member lower house is four years but can be terminated beforehand if the prime minister decides to exercise his authority to dissolve the house and hold a general election.

Koizumi may dissolve lower house after LDP election in fall

"We certainly hate to see the chapter dissolve," states ARMA International President Juanita M.

Wellington New Zealand chapter votes to dissolve

The less 'stuff' in water, the more likely it is to dissolve minerals

What makes water do what it does?

The new drug uses an enteric coating--a substance which does not dissolve in the acid environment of the stomach but does dissolve in the alkaline environment of the small intestines, releasing the drug there.

Enteric Coated ddI Approved: FDA Letter

A sustained-release medication contains small particles of a drug coated with materials requiring varying amounts of time to dissolve. Some of the particles dissolve and are absorbed almost immediately while others dissolve during a period of 2 to 12 hours.

Dos and DOSES

There are several reasons why you, as a shareholder, might wish to voluntarily wind up and dissolve your company.

Voluntary wind-up and dissolution: bringing your company to an end

Dissolved oxygen treatment Time since Measure of sea start (h) nettle position 1.5 mg/L 2.5 mg/L 2 Depth (cm) 75 [+ or -] 11 94 [+ or -] 8 Nearest neighbor (cm) 20 [+ or -] 4 14 [+ or -] 3 4 Depth (cm) 86 [+ or -] 8 65 [+ or -] 12 Nearest neighbor (cm) 21 [+ or -] 3 24 [+ or -] 3 Dissolve oxygen Main effect treatment (dissolved oxygen) Time since Air- start (h) saturated F df P 2 91 [+ or -] 9 1.01 2, 15 0.38 13 [+ or -] 3 1.17 2, 48 0.32 4 90 [+ or -] 7 1.99 2, 15 0.15 20 [+ or -] 2 0.59 2, 15 0.56 Nesting Time since start (h) F df P 2 0.83 15, 36 0.645 4 0.75 15, 36 0.720 Note: Depth was analyzed as a nested ANOVA, reflecting the experimental design with three sea nettles per mesocosm.

Varying effects of low dissolved oxygen on trophic interactions in an estuarine food web

Bertolt Brecht warned many years ago that the despot who dissolves parliament one day may dissolve the people the next.

If the coup fits

the limited liability company shall execute a statement of intent to dissolve in such form as shall be prescribed by the secretary of state."(23) Further, it provides that duplicate originals of intent to dissolve shall be delivered to the Secretary of State.(24) In other words, the notice appears to be necessary for the dissolution to be effective.

Foreign limited liability companies' classification problems: addressing "continuity of life" under Rev. Rul. 93-4

Non-time-release supplements should disintegrate of dissolve in less than an hour.