Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A simplified spelling of dissolve.

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Examples

  • The answers, says Brooks, are likely to involve "the self dissolv [ing] into a larger purpose and cause" such as family, nation or faith.

    Bradley W. Bloch: Helpful Advice for Rhodes Scholars (For the Rest of Us, Maybe Not So Much) 2010

  • The warrior's body she inhabited had stiffened and dried, almost to the point of crumbling and dissolv-ing, so the goddess moved heavily, clumsily.

    The Dark Queen Williams, Michael, 1952 Dec. 17- 1994

  • The storm was dissolv - ing as quickly as it had begun, and through clouds above, the visible moons could be seen in crescent.

    The Gates of Thorbardin Parkinson, Dan 1990

  • The storm was dissolv - ing as quickly as it had begun, and through clouds above, the visible moons could be seen in crescent.

    The Gates of Thorbardin Parkinson, Dan 1990

  • The storm was dissolv - ing as quickly as it had begun, and through clouds above, the visible moons could be seen in crescent.

    The Gates of Thorbardin Parkinson, Dan 1990

  • The first dorm building was empty, but the second contained a surprise; two bodies untouched by dissolv-ing parasites.

    Sentenced To Prism Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1985

  • In the treatment of DVT, (deep vein thrombosis) anticoagulation medical therapy alone isn't enough because it: * Does not dissolve the clot * Waits for the body's own internal mechanism to dissolv

    We Blog A Lot 2008

  • In the treatment of DVT, (deep vein thrombosis) anticoagulation medical therapy alone isn't enough because it: * Does not dissolve the clot * Waits for the body's own internal mechanism to dissolv

    We Blog A Lot 2008

  • In the treatment of DVT, (deep vein thrombosis) anticoagulation medical therapy alone isn't enough because it: * Does not dissolve the clot * Waits for the body's own internal mechanism to dissolv

    We Blog A Lot 2008

  • Tlicre is an opinion in many places, of its having a power of dissolv - ing the stone in tJic bladder, but this is idle: there is, however, a great deal of good to be done in nephritic cases, by medicines which have not tliiii power. rMiCEDOJiUN pAiisLv.

    The Family Herbal,: And of the Drugs which are Produced by Vegetables of Other Countries : with ... John Hill, Charles Brightly, T. Kinnersley 1812

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