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verb (used with object)
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to come to a definite or earnest decision about; determine (to do something): I have resolved that I shall live to the full.
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to separate into constituent or elementary parts; break up; cause or disintegrate (usually followed by into).
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to reduce or convert by, or as by, breaking up or disintegration (usually followed by to or into).
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to convert or transform by any process (often used reflexively).
5.
EXPANDto reduce by mental analysis (often followed by into).
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to settle, determine, or state formally in a vote or resolution, as of a deliberative assembly.
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to deal with (a question, a matter of uncertainty, etc.) conclusively; settle; solve: to resolve the question before the board.
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to clear away or dispel (doubts, fears, etc.); answer: to resolve any doubts we may have had.
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Chemistry. to separate (a racemic mixture) into optically active components.
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Music. to cause (a voice part or the harmony as a whole) to progress from a dissonance to a consonance.
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Optics. to separate and make visible the individual parts of (an image); distinguish between.
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COLLAPSEMedicine/Medical. to cause (swellings, inflammation, etc.) to disappear without suppuration.
verb (used without object)
13.
to come to a determination; make up one's mind; determine (often followed by on or upon): to resolve on a plan of action.
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to break up or disintegrate.
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to be reduced or changed by breaking up or otherwise (usually followed by to or into).
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Music. to progress from a dissonance to a consonance.
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Resolves
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noun
17.
a resolution or determination made, as to follow some course of action.
18.
firmness of purpose or intent; determination.
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Word Origin & History
resolve
late 14c., from L. resolvere "to loosen, undo, settle," from re-, intensive prefix, + solvere "loosen" (see solve). Same sense evolution as in resolution. The noun meaning "determination" is first recorded 1592.
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Medical Dictionary
resolve re·solve (rĭ-zŏlv')
v. re·solved, re·solv·ing, re·solves
To cause resolution of an abnormal condition.
To separate an optically inactive compound or mixture into its optically active constituents.
To render parts of an image visible and distinct.
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