Associations to the word «Resolve»

Wiktionary

RESOLVE, verb. (transitive) To find a solution to (a problem).
RESOLVE, verb. (transitive) To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.
RESOLVE, verb. (transitive) To solve again.
RESOLVE, verb. (intransitive) To make a firm decision to do something.
RESOLVE, verb. (transitive) To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle.
RESOLVE, verb. To come to an agreement or make peace; patch up relationship, settle differences, bury the hatchet.
RESOLVE, verb. (transitive) (intransitive) (reflexive) To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state.
RESOLVE, verb. To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
RESOLVE, verb. (music) To cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance.
RESOLVE, verb. (computing) To find the IP address of a hostname, or the entity referred to by a symbol in source code; to look up.
RESOLVE, verb. (rare) (transitive) To melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften (a solid).
RESOLVE, verb. (rare) (intransitive) (reflexive) To melt; to dissolve; to become liquid.
RESOLVE, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To liquefy (a gas or vapour).
RESOLVE, verb. (medicine) (dated) To disperse or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumour.
RESOLVE, verb. (obsolete) To relax; to lay at ease.
RESOLVE, verb. (chemistry) To separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers.
RESOLVE, noun. Determination, will power.

Dictionary definition

RESOLVE, noun. The trait of being resolute; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work".
RESOLVE, noun. A formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote.
RESOLVE, verb. Bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance".
RESOLVE, verb. Reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation.
RESOLVE, verb. Reach a decision; "he resolved never to drink again".
RESOLVE, verb. Understand the meaning of; "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered".
RESOLVE, verb. Make clearly visible; "can this image be resolved?".
RESOLVE, verb. Find the solution; "solve an equation"; "solve for x".
RESOLVE, verb. Cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water".

Wise words

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King, Jr.