Resolve

To solve again

Other senses

From Middle English, from Latin resolvÅ.

Full definition of resolve

(transitive) To find a solution to (a problem).
(transitive) To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.to resolve a riddle

(transitive) To solve again.
Iâ€™ll have to resolve the equation with the new values.
(intransitive) To make a firm decision to do something.
I resolve to finish this work before I go home.
(transitive) To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle.He was resolved by an unexpected event.
To come to an agreement or make peace; patch up relationship, settle differences, bury the hatchet.
After two weeks of bickering, they finally resolved their differences.
(transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state.

ShakespeareO, that this too too solid flesh would melt,
Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew!
DrydenYe immortal souls, who once were men,
And now resolved to elements again.
2013, Fenella Saunders, Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture, The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.

To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.

Alexander PopeResolve me, Reason, which of these is worse,
Want with a full, or with an empty purse?
Sir Walter RaleighIn health, good air, pleasure, riches, I am resolved it can not be equalled by any region.
MiltonWe must be resolved how the law can be pure and perspicuous, and yet throw a polluted skirt over these Eleusinian mysteries.

(music) To cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance.
(computing) To find the IP address of a hostname, or the entity referred to by a symbol in source code; to look up.
(rare, transitive) To melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften (a solid).
(rare, intransitive, reflexive) To melt; to dissolve; to become liquid.

ArbuthnotWhen the blood stagnates in any part, it first coagulates, then resolves, and turns alkaline.

(obsolete, transitive) To liquefy (a gas or vapour).
(medicine, dated) To disperse or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumour.
(obsolete) To relax; to lay at ease.

(plural resolves)

2011, October 1, Saj Chowdhury, Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle, Alan Pardew's current squad has been put together with a relatively low budget but the resolve and unity within the team is priceless.