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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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To be separated into its component parts or distinct
principles; to undergo resolution. |
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To melt; to dissolve; to become fluid. |
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To be settled in opinion; to be convinced. |
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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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The act of resolving or making clear; resolution;
solution. |
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That which has been resolved on or determined; decisive
conclusion; fixed purpose; determination; also, legal or official
determination; a legislative declaration; a resolution. |
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