transitive. To make a solution of, to dissolve; (in Old English) †to digest (obsolete). Also figurative.

To dissolve, waste by dissolution.

To melt or reduce into a liquid condition. To liquefy by contact with or immersion in a liquid; to diffuse the molecules of (a solid or gas) in a…

To boil so as to extract the soluble parts or principles; to prepare a decoction of.

transitive. To lessen, abate, mitigate. Cf. remit, v. 6c.

transitive. To reduce into a liquid condition. With object a solid substance; also in Physics, air, gases. †Formerly, to dissolve (in a liquid).

To dissolve; to melt. Also figurative.