Resolve

·vi To be settled in opinion; to be convinced.

II. Resolve ·vi To Relax; to lay at ease.

III. Resolve ·noun The act of resolving or making clear; resolution; solution.

IV. Resolve ·vi To dispere or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumor.

V. Resolve ·vi To Melt; to Dissolve; to become fluid.

VI. Resolve ·vi To be separated into its component parts or distinct principles; to undergo resolution.

VII. Resolve ·vi To let the tones (as of a discord) follow their several tendencies, resulting in a concord.

VIII. Resolve ·vi To form a purpose; to make a decision; especially, to determine after reflection; as, to resolve on a better course of life.

IX. Resolve ·vi To change or convert by resolution or formal vote;

— used only reflexively; as, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole.

X. Resolve ·vi To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements;

— said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.

XI. Resolve ·vi 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.

XII. Resolve ·vi To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to Fix; to Settle; as, he was resolved by an unexpected event.

XIII. Resolve ·noun That which has been resolved on or determined; decisive conclusion; fixed purpose; determination; also, legal or official determination; a legislative declaration; a resolution.

XIV. Resolve ·vi To cause to perceive or understand; to Acquaint; to Inform; to Convince; to Assure; to make certain.

XV. Resolve ·vi 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).

XVI. Resolve ·vi 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.