0 past simple and past participle of dissolve --
1 (of a solid) to be absorbed by a liquid, especially when mixed, or (of a liquid) to absorb a solid: --
2 to end an official organization or a legal arrangement: --
The polymer was then dissolved overnight in a small amount of distilled water, and the final solution frozen and lyophilized.
The concentrated agar is mixed with oil until completely dissolved.
These stories of the self gave informants a sense of narrative identity which gradually dissolved as the illness progressed.
The meeting dissolved, and the question of the misappropriation was never raised again.
Thus, skipped-generation households occurred but many were short-lived, because other adults joined the household, children moved out, the older person died, or the household dissolved.
Pressured by international donors, he dissolved the military junta and embarked on a programme of political and economic reforms in 1991.
The method is based on measurements of isotopic ratios of gases dissolved and (trapped) in ice.
Different samples were dissolved in hydrochloric acid or water.
