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Resolved   /rizˈɑlvd/   Listen
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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.


Resolved  past part., adj.  Having a fixed purpose; determined; resolute; usually placed after its noun; as, a man resolved to be rich. "That makes him a resolved enemy." "I am resolved she shall not settle here."





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"Resolved" Quotes from Famous Books



... when I stepped out of the train on my return from the City. To gain time for reflection I resolved to make a detour. As I struck into an unfamiliar side street, I looked up, and there in front of me stood ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, January 21st, 1920 • Various
... him a holy hermit, Herebert by name, who dwelt upon an island in Derwentwater, and talked with him a long while on heavenly things; and Cuthbert bade him ask him then all the questions which he wished to have resolved, for they should see each other no more in this world. Herebert, who seems to have been one of his old friends, fell at Cuthbert's feet, and bade him remember that whenever he had done wrong he had submitted himself to him utterly, and always tried to live according to his rules; and all he ...
— The Hermits • Charles Kingsley
... before she entered the belt of timber along the creek at the southern boundary of their ranch. Across the stream, she knew, lay the Clarke ranch, and she had heard the house and stables were close to the timber. Jane had resolved to call on the Captain, and going on foot, had selected the shortest route. It was over two miles between houses by the road. Further, Chicken Little, preferred that her visit should seem accidental—at least to the Captain. She hardly ...
— Chicken Little Jane on the Big John • Lily Munsell Ritchie
... these, or indeed any measures, unless the Colonies should come to a clearer and fuller understanding, one with another, touching the troubles that concerned all equally and alike. To bring this much-to-be-wished-for end about, it was resolved that a general assembly of all the Colonies should be called, wherein each province, through its representatives chosen by the people thereof, should have a voice. As the first step towards this object, conventions were summoned in the ...
— The Farmer Boy, and How He Became Commander-In-Chief • Morrison Heady
... the girl who was said to be deaf and dumb and who was probably hidden somewhere on Fern Island was the case most urgent. If only she could really find her, and find that poor demented old man who had so strangely crossed her path. Cora had not the least fear of either of them and suddenly she resolved to go alone to Fern Island and ...
— The Motor Girls On Cedar Lake - The Hermit of Fern Island • Margaret Penrose


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