resolve
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v.t.
1. to come to a definite or earnest decision about; determine (to do something): I have resolved that I shall live to the full.
2. to separate into constituent or elementary parts;
break up;
cause or disintegrate (
usually fol.
by into).
3. to reduce or convert by,
or as by,
breaking up or disintegration (
usually fol.
by to or into).
4. to convert or transform by any process (often used reflexively).
5. to reduce by mental analysis (
often fol.
by into).
6. to settle, determine, or state formally in a vote or resolution, as of a deliberative assembly.
7. to deal with (a question, a matter of uncertainty, etc.) conclusively; settle; solve: to resolve the question before the board.
8. to clear away or dispel (doubts, fears, etc.); answer: to resolve any doubts we may have had.
9. Chem. to separate (a racemic mixture) into optically active components.
10. Music. to cause (a voice part or the harmony as a whole) to progress from a dissonance to a consonance.
11. Optics. to separate and make visible the individual parts of (an image); distinguish between.
12. Med. to cause (
swellings,
inflammation,
etc.)
to disappear without suppuration.
v.i.
13. to come to a determination;
make up one'
s mind;
determine (
often fol.
by on or upon)
: to resolve on a plan of action.
14. to break up or disintegrate.
15. to be reduced or changed by breaking up or otherwise (
usually fol.
by to or into).
16. Music. to progress from a dissonance to a consonance.
n.
17. a resolution or determination made, as to follow some course of action.
18. firmness of purpose or intent; determination.
[
1325-75; ME resolven (v.) < L resolvere to unfasten, loosen, release, equiv. to re- RE- + solvere to loosen; see SOLVE]
Syn. 1. confirm.
See decide. 2. analyze,
reduce.
17, 18.
decision.
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