resolve

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1.To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve. [1913 Webster]

O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew!— Shak.[1913 Webster]

Ye immortal souls, who once were men, And now resolved to elements again.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

To the resolving whereof we must first know that the Jews were commanded to divorce an unbelieving Gentile.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

3.To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain. [1913 Webster]

Sir, be resolved. I must and will come.— Beau. & Fl.[1913 Webster]

Resolve me, Reason, which of these is worse, Want with a full, or with an empty purse?— Pope.[1913 Webster]

In health, good air, pleasure, riches, I am resolved it can not be equaled by any region.— Sir W. Raleigh.[1913 Webster]

We must be resolved how the law can be pure and perspicuous, and yet throw a polluted skirt over these Eleusinian mysteries.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

4.To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle; as, he was resolved by an unexpected event. [1913 Webster]

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). [1913 Webster]

6.To change or convert by resolution or formal vote; -- used only reflexively; as, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

8.(Med.) To dispere or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumor. [1913 Webster]

9.(Mus.) To let the tones (as of a discord) follow their several tendencies, resulting in a concord. [1913 Webster]

10.To relax; to lay at ease. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

To resolve a nebula.(Astron.) See Resolution of a nebula, under Resolution. [1913 Webster]

Syn: To solve; analyze; unravel; disentangle. [1913 Webster]

1.The act of resolving or making clear; resolution; solution. "To give a full resolve of that which is so much controverted." --Milton. [1913 Webster]

2.That which has been resolved on or determined; decisive conclusion; fixed purpose; determination; also, legal or official determination; a legislative declaration; a resolution. [1913 Webster]

Nor is your firm resolve unknown.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

Caesar's approach has summoned us together, And Rome attends her fate from our resolves.— Addison.[1913 Webster]

1.To be separated into its component parts or distinct principles; to undergo resolution. [1913 Webster]

2.To melt; to dissolve; to become fluid. [1913 Webster]

When the blood stagnates in any part, it first coagulates, then resolves, and turns alkaline.— Arbuthhnot.[1913 Webster]

3.To be settled in opinion; to be convinced. [R.] [1913 Webster]

Let men resolve of that as they plaease.— Locke.[1913 Webster]

4.To form a purpose; to make a decision; especially, to determine after reflection; as, to resolve on a better course of life. [1913 Webster]

Syn: To determine; decide; conclude; purpose. [1913 Webster]