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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Resolve \Re*solve"\ (r?*z?lv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Resolved} (-z?lvd"); p. pr & vb n. {Resolving}.] [L. resolvere, resolutum to untie, loosen, relax, enfeeble; pref. re- re- + solvere to loosen, dissolve: cf F. r['e]soudare to resolve. See {Solve}, and cf {Resolve}, v. i., {Resolute}, {Resolution}.] 1. To separate the component parts of to reduce to the constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence sometimes to melt, or dissolve. O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew! --Shak. Ye immortal souls, who once were men, And now resolved to elements again --Dryden. 2. To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; -- said of complex ideas or obscure questions; to make clear or certain; to free from doubt; to disentangle; to unravel; to explain; hence to clear up or dispel, as doubt; as to resolve a riddle. ``Resolve my doubt.'' --Shak. To the resolving whereof we must first know that the Jews were commanded to divorce an unbelieving Gentile. --Milton. 3. To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain. Sir, be resolved. I must and will come --Beau. & Fl Resolve me Reason, which of these is worse, Want with a full, or with an empty purse? --Pope. In health, good air, pleasure, riches, I am resolved it can not be equaled by any region. --Sir W. Raleigh. We must be resolved how the law can be pure and perspicuous, and yet throw a polluted skirt over these Eleusinian mysteries. --Milton. 4. To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle; as he was resolved by an unexpected event. 5. To express, as an opinion or determination, by resolution and vote; to declare or decide by a formal vote; -- followed by a clause; as the house resolved (or, it was resolved by the house) that no money should be apropriated (or, to appropriate no money). 6. To change or convert by resolution or formal vote; -- used only reflexively; as the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole. 7. (Math.) To solve, as a problem, by enumerating the several things to be done in order to obtain what is required; to find the answer to or the result of --Hutton. 8. (Med.) To dispere or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumor. 9. (Mus.) To let the tones (as of a discord) follow their several tendencies, resulting in a concord. 10. To relax; to lay at ease. [Obs.] --B. Jonson {To resolve a nebula}.(Astron.) See {Resolution of a nebula}, under {Resolution}. Syn: To solve; analyze; unravel; disentangle. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Resolved \Re*solved"\ (r?-z?lvd"), p. p. & a. Having a fixed purpose; determined; resolute; -- usually placed after its noun as a man resolved to be rich. That makes him a resolved enemy. --Jer. Taylor. I am resolved she shall not settle here --Fielding. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: resolved adj 1: determined; "she was firmly resolved to be a doctor"; "single-minded in his determination to stop smoking" [syn: {single-minded}] 2: explained or answered; "mysteries solved and unsolved; problems resolved and unresolved" [syn: {solved}] [ant: {unsolved}]
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