RESOLVE
\ɹɪzˈɒlv], \ɹɪzˈɒlv], \ɹ_ɪ_z_ˈɒ_l_v]\
Definitions of RESOLVE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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bring to an end; settle conclusively, as of a conflict; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"
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the trait of being resolute; firmness of purpose; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work"
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reach a decision; "he resolved never to drink again"
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make clearly visible, as of images in optics
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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the trait of being resolute; firmness of purpose; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work"
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reach a decision; "he resolved never to drink again"
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find the solution; "solve an equation"; "solve for x"
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make clearly visible; "can this image be resolved?"
By Princeton University
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To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
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To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle; as, he was resolved by an unexpected event.
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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.
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To dispere or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumor.
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To let the tones (as of a discord) follow their several tendencies, resulting in a concord.
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To relax; to lay at ease.
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To be separated into its component parts or distinct principles; to undergo resolution.
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To melt; to dissolve; to become fluid.
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To be settled in opinion; to be convinced.
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To form a purpose; to make a decision; especially, to determine after reflection; as, to resolve on a better course of life.
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The act of resolving or making clear; resolution; solution.
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That which has been resolved on or determined; decisive conclusion; fixed purpose; determination; also, legal or official determination; a legislative declaration; a resolution.
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To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; - said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.
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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.
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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)
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To change or convert by resolution or formal vote; - used only reflexively; as, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole.
By Oddity Software
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To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
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To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle; as, he was resolved by an unexpected event.
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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.
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To dispere or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumor.
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To let the tones (as of a discord) follow their several tendencies, resulting in a concord.
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To relax; to lay at ease.
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To be separated into its component parts or distinct principles; to undergo resolution.
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To melt; to dissolve; to become fluid.
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To be settled in opinion; to be convinced.
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To form a purpose; to make a decision; especially, to determine after reflection; as, to resolve on a better course of life.
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The act of resolving or making clear; resolution; solution.
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That which has been resolved on or determined; decisive conclusion; fixed purpose; determination; also, legal or official determination; a legislative declaration; a resolution.
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To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; - said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.
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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.
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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)
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To change or convert by resolution or formal vote; - used only reflexively; as, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole.
By Noah Webster.
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To change in form by formal vote; as, the board resolved itself into a committee; reduce to simpler form; as, the matter resolves itself into a mere question of right and wrong; separate into the parts of which the whole is made up; as, to resolve a word into its elements; explain; as, to resolve a mystery; work out or solve, as a problem; decide; determine; as, he resolved to do better; adopt by vote.
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To separate or be separated into elements or parts; come to a determination.
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Fixed purpose; determination; that which has been determined on; a resolution.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To separate into parts: to analyze: to free from doubt or difficulty: to explain: to decide: to fix by resolution or formal declaration: (math.) to solve: (med.) to disperse, as a tumor: (music) to carry a discord into a concord.
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Anything resolved or determined: resolution: fixed purpose.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. Act of resolving or making clear;— fixed purpose; settled determination; resolution;— decisive conclusion; also, legal or official determination; legislative act or declaration.
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