resolve
/ɹɪˈzɑlv/
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English
Meaning
verb
To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.
Transitive verb
verb
To make a firm decision to do something. To become determined to reach a certain goal or take a certain action.
Intransitive verb
verb
To come to an agreement or make peace; patch up relationship, settle differences, bury the hatchet.
verb
To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state.
Intransitive verb; Transitive verb
verb
To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
verb
To cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance.
Example Sentences
- "Exeter. Shall I call in Thambaſſadors my Liege? / King. Not yet my Couſin, til we be reſolude / Of ſome ſerious matters touching vs and France."
- "to resolve a riddle"
- "Resolve my doubt."
- "If such a dreamy touch should fall, O turn thee round, resolve the doubt, My guardian angel will speak out In that high place, and tell thee all."
- "I resolve to finish this work before I go home."
- "At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of her bed, and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them […]"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹɪˈzɑlv/
- British English: /ɹɪˈzɒlv/