Added 9 October 2026
resolve
/ɹɪˈzɒlv/ verb
In Latin: statuō Wiktionary
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- To find a solution to (a problem).
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To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.
to resolve a riddle
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To make a firm decision to do something. To become determined to reach a certain goal or take a certain action.
I resolve to finish this work before I go home.
noun
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Determination; will power.
It took all my resolve to go through with the surgery.
- A determination to do something; a fixed decision.
- An act of resolving something; resolution.
verb
- Alternative spelling of re-solve.
Origin
From Middle English resolven, from Old French resolver, a learned borrowing of Latin resolvō (“loosen, thaw, melt, resolve”), equivalent to re- + solve. Piecewise doublet of re-solve.
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