dissolve (sense 4 intr. is most freq.)
1.
to loosen,
undo
R2 II. ii. 71
“ the bands of
life,”
Troil. V. ii. 153
“The bonds of heaven are
. . . d-'d, and loos'”
2.
to part, separate
Wiv. V. v. 249 [237] “nothing can us,”
All'sW. I. ii. 66
“d-d from my
hive,”
Cor. I. i. 210.
3.
to destroy, put an
end to
Lr. IV. iv. 19
“Lest his ungovern'd
rage the
life”
; also intr. to come to an end Tp. IV. i. 154,
V. i. 64
“The charm d-s
apace.”
4.
to melt
R2 III. ii. 108
“all d-'d to
tears”
; also intr. Gent. III. ii.
8, MND. I. i. 245, Lr. V. iii. 205 (‘ready to shed tears’), Ant. III. xi. [xiii.] 162
