English Dictionary

To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.
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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.
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To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
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To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle; as, he was resolved by an unexpected event.
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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).
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To change or convert by resolution or formal vote; -- used only reflexively; as, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole.
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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.
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To dispere or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumor.
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To let the tones (as of a discord) follow their several tendencies, resulting in a concord.
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To relax; to lay at ease.
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