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solve

  [solv]
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–verb (used with object), solved, solv⋅ing.
1. to find the answer or explanation for; clear up; explain: to solve the mystery of the missing books.
2. to work out the answer or solution to (a mathematical problem).
Origin:
1400–50; late ME solven < L solvere to loosen, free, release, dissolve

Related forms:
solver, noun

Synonyms:
1. resolve, unravel, untangle, crack.
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solve   (sŏlv, sôlv)   
v.   solved, solv·ing, solves

v.   tr.
  1. To find a solution to.
  2. To work out a correct solution to (a problem).
v.   intr.
To solve an equation: Insert the values of the constants and solve for x.

[Middle English solven, to loosen, from Latin solvere; see leu- in Indo-European roots.]
solv'er n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to clear up or explain something puzzling or unintelligible: solve a riddle; can't decipher your handwriting; resolve a problem; unravel a mystery.
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Solve

Solve\ (s[o^]lv), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Solved (s[o^]lvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Solving.] [L. solvere, solutum; from a prefix so- expressing separation (cf. Sober) + luere to loosen; cf. OF. soldre, soudre. See Loose, and cf. Absolve.] To explain; to resolve; to unfold; to clear up (what is obscure or difficult to be understood); to work out to a result or conclusion; as, to solve a doubt; to solve difficulties; to solve a problem.

True piety would effectually solve such scruples. --South.

God shall solve the dark decrees of fate. --Tickell.

Syn: To explain; resolve; unfold; clear up.

Solve

Solve\, n. A solution; an explanation. [Obs.] --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : solve
Spanish: resolver,
German: lösen,
Japanese: 解く
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solve 
c.1440, "to disperse, dissipate, loosen," from L. solvere "to loosen, dissolve, untie," from PIE *se-lu-, from reflexive pronoun *swe- + base *leu- "to loosen, divide, cut apart" (cf. Gk. lyein "to loosen, release, untie," O.E. -leosan "to lose," leas "loose;" see lose). The meaning "explain, answer" is attested from c.1533; for sense evolution, see solution. Mathematical use is attested from 1737.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Solve
Parallel object-oriented language. "Message Pattern Specifications: A New Technique for Handling Errors in Parallel Object- Oriented Systems", J.A. Purchase et al, SIGPLAN Notices 25(10):116-125 (OOPSLA/ECOOP '90) (Oct 1990).

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