1. resolve - Noun
2. resolve - Verb
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 dictionaryHis 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