resolve

Speech parts

1. resolve - Noun

2. resolve - Verb

Meaning

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

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.

To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.

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

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).

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

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.

To dispere or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumor.

To let the tones (as of a discord) follow their several tendencies, resulting in a concord.

To relax; to lay at ease.

To be separated into its component parts or distinct principles; to undergo resolution.

To melt; to dissolve; to become fluid.

To be settled in opinion; to be convinced.

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

The act of resolving or making clear; resolution; solution.

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

decide conclude purpose solve settle analyze dissolve resoluteness address determine resolution choose explain answer interpret
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Antonyms

buffalo ravel logan fox libra mar
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Hypernyms

concord cypher work end hold figure

Hyponyms

run cut judge self-control purpose decision

Phrases with the word

resolve itself stiffen the resolve of resolve into elements resolve itself into resolve differences between easy to resolve

Derivatives

resolved resolving

Anagrams

Selover

Examples

His resolve is not to seem the bravest, but to be. Aeschylus

Resolve to treat the things in your possession as belonging to others. Basil of Caesarea

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single sentence. If you gain fifteen minutes a day, it will make itself felt at the end of the year. Horace Mann

Of all our dreams today there is none more important - or so hard to realise - than that of peace in the world. May we never lose our faith in it or our resolve to do everything that can be done to convert it one day into reality. Lester B. Pearson

Silence is the surest resolve for him who distrusts himself. François de La Rochefoucauld

An answer that does not resolve a quarrel makes a thousand new ones. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

resolvasome resolvate resolvation resolve differences between resolve into elements resolve itself