Resolve
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Resolve
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1 v. i.
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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2 v. i.
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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3 v. i.
To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
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4 v. i.
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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5 v. i.
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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6 v. i.
To change or convert by resolution or formal vote; -- used only reflexively; as, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole.
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7 v. i.
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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8 v. i.
To dispere or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumor.
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9 v. i.
To let the tones (as of a discord) follow their several tendencies, resulting in a concord.
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10 v. i.
To relax; to lay at ease.
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11 v. i.
To be separated into its component parts or distinct principles; to undergo resolution.
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12 v. i.
To melt; to dissolve; to become fluid.
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13 v. i.
To be settled in opinion; to be convinced.
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14 v. i.
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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15 n.
The act of resolving or making clear; resolution; solution.
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16 n.
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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17 v. i.
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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18 v. i.
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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19 v. i.
To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
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20 v. i.
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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21 v. i.
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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22 v. i.
To change or convert by resolution or formal vote; -- used only reflexively; as, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole.
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23 v. i.
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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24 v. i.
To dispere or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumor.
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25 v. i.
To let the tones (as of a discord) follow their several tendencies, resulting in a concord.
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26 v. i.
To relax; to lay at ease.
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27 v. i.
To be separated into its component parts or distinct principles; to undergo resolution.
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28 v. i.
To melt; to dissolve; to become fluid.
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29 v. i.
To be settled in opinion; to be convinced.
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30 v. i.
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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31 n.
The act of resolving or making clear; resolution; solution.
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32 n.
That which has been resolved on or determined; decisive conclusion; fixed purpose; determination; also, legal or official determination; a legislative declaration; a resolution.