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verb Resolve v. t. (past & past part. resolved; pres. part. resolving) 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!" "Ye immortal souls, who once were men, And now resolved to elements again." 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." "To the resolving whereof we must first know that the Jews were commanded to divorce an unbelieving Gentile." 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." "Resolve me, Reason, which of these is worse, Want with a full, or with an empty purse?" "In health, good air, pleasure, riches, I am resolved it can not be equaled by any region." "We must be resolved how the law can be pure and perspicuous, and yet throw a polluted skirt over these Eleusinian mysteries." 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. 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.) To resolve a nebula.(Astron.) See Resolution of a nebula, under Resolution. Synonyms: To solve; analyze; unravel; disentangle.
Resolve v. i. 1.To be separated into its component parts or distinct principles; to undergo resolution. 2.To melt; to dissolve; to become fluid. "When the blood stagnates in any part, it first coagulates, then resolves, and turns alkaline." 3.To be settled in opinion; to be convinced. (R.) "Let men resolve of that as they plaease." 4.To form a purpose; to make a decision; especially, to determine after reflection; as, to resolve on a better course of life. Synonyms: To determine; decide; conclude; purpose.
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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