dissolved
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dissolved - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
damaged \damaged\ (d[a^]m"[asl]jd), adj.
1. changed so as to reduce value, function, or other
desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. Opposite
of undamaged. [Narrower terms: battered, beat-up, beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound
; bent, crumpled, dented
; blasted, rent, ripped, torn; broken-backed;
burned-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate), burnt-out(prenominal), burnt out(predicate)
; burst, ruptured
; corroded; cracked, crackled, crazed;
defaced, marred; hurt, weakened;
knocked-out(prenominal), knocked out; mangled, mutilated
; peeling; scraped, scratched;
storm-beaten] Also See blemished, broken, damaged,
destroyed, impaired, injured, unsound.
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2. Rendered imperfect by impairing the integrity of some
part, or by breaking. Opposite of unbroken. [Narrower
terms: busted; chipped; cracked; crumbled, fragmented
; crushed, ground; dissolved; fractured;
shattered, smashed, splintered; split; unkept, violated
] Also See: damaged, imperfect, injured,
unsound.
Syn: broken.
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3. being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged
reputation.
Syn: discredited.
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4. made to appear imperfect; -- especially of reputation; as,
the senator's seriously damaged reputation.
Syn: besmirched, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied,
tainted, tarnished.
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Dissolve \Dis*solve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissolved; p. pr. &
vb. n. Dissolving.] [L. dissolvere, dissolutum; dis- +
solvere to loose, free. See Solve, and cf. Dissolute.]
1. To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break
up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts,
sundering a relation, etc.; to terminate; to destroy; to
deprive of force; as, to dissolve a partnership; to
dissolve Parliament.
[1913 Webster]
Lest his ungoverned rage dissolve the life. --Shak.
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2. To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to
sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
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Nothing can dissolve us. --Shak.
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Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder.
--Fairfax.
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For one people to dissolve the political bands which
have connected them with another. --The
Declaration of
Independence.
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3. To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture,
etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.
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As if the world were all dissolved to tears. --Shak.
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4. To solve; to clear up; to resolve. "Dissolved the
mystery." --Tennyson.
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Make interpretations and dissolve doubts. --Dan. v.
16.
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5. To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
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Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie. --Dryden.
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6. (Law) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as,
to dissolve an injunction.
Syn: See Adjourn.
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dissolved \dissolved\ adj.
1. changed from a solid to a liquid state by increase of
temperature; melted. Opposite of unmelted.
Syn: liquefied, liquified, melted.
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2. sundered by divorce, separation, or desertion; -- of
social bonds and relations.
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3. diffused into a liquid of differing chemical composition,
forming a stable solution; -- said of chemical substances.
[PJC]
dissolved - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
dissolved
adj 1: (of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form; "add the
dissolved gelatin"
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