Definition of resolve

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

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Preparation :: Preparation (n.) The holding over of a note from one chord into the next chord, where it forms a temporary discord, until resolved in the chord that follows; the anticipation of a discordant note in the preceding concord, so that the ear is prepared for the shock. See Suspension..
Gum Ammoniac :: Gum ammoniac (n.) The concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous plant, the Dorema ammoniacum. It is brought chiefly from Persia in the form of yellowish tears, which occur singly, or are aggregated into masses. It has a peculiar smell, and a nauseous, sweet taste, followed by a bitter one. It is inflammable, partially soluble in water and in spirit of wine, and is used in medicine as an expectorant and resolvent, and for the formation of certain plasters..
Definite :: Definite (a.) Determined; resolved.
Resolve :: Resolve (v. i.) To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle; as, he was resolved by an unexpected event..
Smut :: Smut (v. t.) An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago segetum, or U. Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis..
Resolve :: Resolve (v. i.) To be separated into its component parts or distinct principles; to undergo resolution.
Resolution :: Resolution (n.) The state of being resolved, settled, or determined; firmness; steadiness; constancy; determination..
Act :: Act (n.) The result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress..
Resolvable :: Resolvable (a.) Admitting of being resolved; admitting separation into constituent parts, or reduction to first principles; admitting solution or explanation; as, resolvable compounds; resolvable ideas or difficulties..
Resolvedly :: Resolvedly (adv.) Resolutely; decidedly; firmly.
Untangle :: Untangle (v. t.) To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to resolve; as, to untangle thread..
Resolve :: Resolve (v. i.) To change or convert by resolution or formal vote; -- used only reflexively; as, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole..
Euchite :: Euchite (n.) One who resolves religion into prayer.
Resolver :: Resolver (n.) That which decomposes, or dissolves..
Resolve :: Resolve (v. i.) To be settled in opinion; to be convinced.
Bound :: Bound (p. p. & a.) Resolved; as, I am bound to do it..
Irresoluble :: Irresoluble (a.) Incapable of being dissolved or resolved into parts; insoluble.
Absolve :: Absolve (v. t.) To resolve or explain.
Chromosome :: Chromosome (n.) One of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of the nucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the idant of Weismann.
Parse :: Parse (n.) To resolve into its elements, as a sentence, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by government or agreement; to analyze and describe grammatically..
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