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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
resolve
I.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
decide/settle/resolve an issue (=solve it)
▪ The issue was settled after some tough negotiations.
▪ No deadline has been set to resolve the issue.
overcome/resolve difficulties (=deal with them successfully)
▪ We are confident that we can overcome these difficulties.
resolve a conflict
▪ You may need a lawyer to resolve a serious conflict between neighbours.
resolve a question (=deal with it in a satisfactory way)
▪ We will proceed just as soon as we can resolve the question of the fee.
resolve/overcome a crisis (=deal with it so that it no longer exists)
▪ We still hope that the hostage crisis can be resolved by negotiation.
resolve/settle a disagreement (=find a way to make people agree)
▪ Negotiations failed to resolve the disagreements.
resolve/settle a dispute (=end it)
▪ It is hoped that the dispute can be resolved peacefully.
resolve/solve a dilemma
▪ People often need help with resolving their dilemmas.
settle/resolve the matter (=decide something)
▪ They are meeting tonight to settle the matter.
solve/resolve a problem (also fix a probleminformal)
▪ He solved his financial problems by selling his car.
stiffened...resolve
▪ Their opposition only stiffened my resolve.
strengthen sb's resolve (=make them more determined)
▪ Other people's doubts only strengthened my resolve to start my own business.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
ambiguity
▪ The Frandon matter has been one of some embarrassment and I am glad it has been resolved, though the ambiguity remains.
▪ The final stage was to resolve the ambiguity, by formulating and asking appropriate questions in order to secure the missing information.
▪ It is likely that in normal discourse, the context of the sentences will help to resolve these potential ambiguities.
▪ Thus it is for the trader to resolve ambiguities in his price indications.
▪ It requires motivation towards making new connections as a way of resolving existing ambiguity.
attempt
▪ The idea of putting warning labels on drinks packaging is a simplistic and ineffective attempt to resolve a complex issue.
▪ And the protagonists sounded fairly confident in their attempts to resolve the dilemma.
▪ But it was confirmed he briefed an official of the Parades Commission, which is supporting his attempt to resolve the impasse.
▪ The meeting ended inconclusively following a further attempt by Brooke to resolve the deadlock over current discussions about devolution talks.
▪ We still have many difficulties in assigning particular nuances to one or other category and attempt to resolve them by discussion.
▪ The President needed room to manoeuvre in negotiated attempts to resolve the crisis.
case
▪ The subtleties can only be resolved case by case.
▪ Still, the most powerful of all defenses, the one that in the end resolved this tragic case, was forgiveness.
▪ It is hardly an incentive to achieve justice or a catalyst to resolve cases speedily.
▪ In 1773 the grievance committee ofthe Separate Baptists resolved to press their case.
▪ The complexities of the law can add to the amount of time taken to resolve a case.
▪ A sixth relevant factor would be which of judicial review and the alternative procedure was likely to resolve the case more quickly.
conflict
▪ Where a conflict can not be resolved, it may be necessary to call in an arbitrator from beyond the parish.
▪ Distributive conflicts have to be resolved by some form of bargaining process.
▪ If it agrees to meet him, the conflict may be resolved.
▪ Many of these states have experienced traumatic nationality conflicts, and few of these conflicts have been permanently resolved.
▪ This conflict was resolved after independence by the setting up of a separate Commercial Service in 1966.
▪ He further postulates that until each conflict is resolved positively, we can not move to the next stage or conflict.
▪ No conflict can really be resolved as long as these double standards prevail.
contradiction
▪ How, then, do women engineers resolve the contradictions of their presence in a male world?
▪ The author or authors wanted to resolve apparent contradictions in order to make the law more usable and accessible.
▪ How can we resolve this apparent contradiction?
court
▪ That dispute can not be resolved by this court and we were not asked to do so.
▪ The 1834 agreement resolved a Supreme Court suit brought by New Jersey in 1829.
▪ If the matter can not be resolved by the Court of Appeal, it has power to order a retrial.
▪ Many disputes that could lead to violence are peacefully resolved in our courts.
crisis
▪ These discussions proved fruitless, with each side blaming the other for the failure to resolve the growing crisis.
▪ The voyage meant to resolve a crisis of separation seemed instead only to promote one.
▪ Even apparent moves by the regime to resolve the crisis turn out on closer inspection to be nothing of the kind.
▪ Each has to resolve the crisis of the castration complex, but their ways of resolving that crisis will differ.
▪ Baldwin's object was then to resolve the crisis with reasonable speed without appearing to force the hand of the King.
▪ The congress had been called specifically to resolve a crisis evident since November 1989 concerning factional splits over the independence question.
▪ Today the fate of humanity hinges on resolving that crisis in relatively short order. 1.
difference
▪ The way to resolve political differences is through debate, dialogue and the ballot box, not on the streets.
▪ Your contribution may well resolve some of this difference or create more conflicting points for further argument.
▪ When the two kings had resolved their differences, Dynamius sided firmly with Childebert.
▪ I think we have differences, but we should attempt to resolve those differences.
▪ This is because low-pitched sounds have long wavelengths which can not resolve the difference between closely spaced objects.
▪ Efforts to resolve the differences were put off until this year.
▪ However, they resolved those differences during final floor votes and afterward appeared together with Gov.
▪ Melissa wondered what was passing though her mind and whether she and Rose had resolved their differences.
difficulty
▪ Where that does not resolve any difficulty, the client may pursue his claims with the Solicitors' Complaints Bureau.
▪ A single bold stroke can not resolve political difficulties as fundamental as those Mondale faced and Dole now confronts.
▪ The new theory of quantum mechanics resolved this difficulty.
▪ In this way it may be possible to resolve difficulties more easily.
▪ My hon. Friend has been a staunch ally in trying to resolve difficulties as they have arisen for my constituents.
▪ We are seeking to resolve a similar difficulty with the Commission's proposals.
▪ Mr MacGregor said further work was needed to resolve practical difficulties.
▪ Similarly, solutions to problems in one area will help resolve difficulties in others.
dilemma
▪ The managerial dilemmas Managers are paid more than workers because they face constant dilemmas which they have to resolve.
▪ And the protagonists sounded fairly confident in their attempts to resolve the dilemma.
▪ The observational data show that Easton's neighbourhood police have two recipes for resolving this dilemma and its associated conundrum.
▪ Her brief from the state there was to resolve the dilemma.
▪ In resolving the many dilemmas of structure, solutions may only be temporary.
▪ In practice settings, those involved are often struggling to find ways of resolving the dilemmas they face.
▪ An argument with a colleague clarified and resolved the dilemma.
▪ I have never completely resolved my own dilemma, for I do not think it has a simple resolution.
dispute
▪ This can often provide the most effective and speedy means of resolving a dispute.
▪ The parties would get another 30 days to resolve the dispute.
▪ Litigation Going to court to resolve a dispute is rather like going to war.
▪ Most lawyers spend most of their time helping clients prevent or resolve disputes, trying their best to avoid costly litigation.
▪ The Merseyside members would resolve the dispute in their own way without his help.
▪ Talks on resolving the dispute have stalled.
▪ How might she still resolve the dispute by creative thinking?
effort
▪ The Profitboss will always investigate the complaint, putting personal time, effort and resource into resolving the issue.
▪ This concept was proposed only after the failure of a cooperative three-year effort to resolve the future of the commercial area.
▪ Local economic development strategies divert attention and resources of government away from direct efforts to resolve social problems. 7.
issue
▪ There are two important issues to be resolved before the character of the economic and monetary union will be determined.
▪ But the issues are far from resolved.
▪ To put the point no more strongly, there is an issue here to be resolved.
▪ What is seen first as an issue may be resolved in further inquiry and reflection.
▪ The issue was resolved by an act of quarantine.
▪ Likewise, constitutional issues need to be resolved in a nonpolitical forum.
▪ The issue will be resolved at a meeting of the agency's council next month.
matter
▪ I would like to apologise to everyone concerned and reassure them that I am doing everything to resolve the matter of refunds.
▪ You will need this information if the person does not resolve the matter.
▪ To resolve the matter smoothly might well be impossible.
▪ He wants the regulators to work quickly to resolve the matter.
▪ The branch manager will ensure that the query is investigated objectively and hopefully be able to resolve the matter to your satisfaction.
▪ Finally, hearings had to be scheduled to try to resolve the matter.
▪ Why something should trouble you, yet you are unable to place it or resolve the matter until months later?
▪ They will endeavour to resolve the matter to your satisfaction.
problem
▪ Quantifiable problems can be resolved by mathematical techniques, to produce a quantifiable decision.
▪ It involves the child in the process of solving the problem or resolving the conflict.
▪ The problem was resolved by a gradual increase in the social division of labour.
▪ In retrospect I marvel at how the problem arose and was resolved.
▪ The effects of preventive and corrective measures will be monitored and the operation may be postponed until any problems have been resolved.
▪ Eventually, of course, all problems are resolved and the couple is blissfully united.
▪ The Department of Agriculture is to be contacted in a bid to have the problem resolved.
▪ That problem has been resolved, the filing shows.
question
▪ Although I can not give a date, we intend to proceed just as soon as we can resolve the question of the contract.
▪ They subsequently found it difficult to talk about organization structure without first resolving questions of strategy.
▪ There have been book-length studies devoted to trying to resolve the question of Doctor Faustus's text.
▪ Gorbachev wrote that only he and Reagan, talking together, could resolve the questions he raised.
▪ Consider the origin of both of these sources, and comment on their value in resolving this question. 13.
▪ Would starting my own business help me resolve these questions? 5.
▪ There is no obvious way of resolving the question of crowd composition.
▪ Flores, to resolve the question.
situation
▪ As I recall, the Chairman of Ways and Means did not attempt to resolve this situation - he did so.
▪ Once he was able to communicate his feelings, he and his wife were able to resolve the situation.
▪ But the problems incurred by absence for training and generally recognised low staff morale make it difficult to resolve the situation.
▪ She assumed that this would resolve the situation.
▪ Female speaker A team of negotiators are working to resolve the situation.
▪ Do you feel you have fully resolved that situation?
▪ We will resolve this situation, Dimitri Dimitrovitch.
tension
▪ The above strategies are potentially available for resolving the tension between word order and communicative function.
▪ Such moves, however, have tended to restate rather than resolve the tension between control and autonomy.
▪ By that one gesture and a small shift in expression and tone of voice, he resolved the tension between us.
■ VERB
fail
▪ Nizan failed to resolve the problems arising from his divided class origins.
▪ Many other couples stay with the commitment to a shared problem but fail to resolve it.
▪ Long-continued conferences failed to resolve the dispute....
▪ By staying together they were at least keeping their problem alive, even if failing to resolve it.
help
▪ What measures were planned to help resolve the problem? 3 Select one patient who smokes and one who does not.
▪ Most lawyers spend most of their time helping clients prevent or resolve disputes, trying their best to avoid costly litigation.
▪ It is likely that in normal discourse, the context of the sentences will help to resolve these potential ambiguities.
▪ To help him resolve it, he brought in General Joseph McNarney, who eventually decided on a middle way.
▪ If a woman combatant decides to have a child then her organization, helps her resolve the practical problems.
▪ Would starting my own business help me resolve these questions? 5.
▪ A decision to mount temporary, changing exhibitions should help resolve this problem.
▪ The government helped resolve that struggle by pledging to use taxpayers' money to contribute to a bailout.
need
▪ Which effect prevails needs to be resolved with evidence, not with ideology.
▪ Likewise, constitutional issues need to be resolved in a nonpolitical forum.
▪ Such are the questions which still need to be resolved.
▪ Future nutritionists will need to resolve the confusion on safety.
▪ Decisions are needed to resolve problems, when there is a choice about what to do.
▪ Also, the future of Gwynedd's bottom club Bangor Normal College needs to be resolved.
▪ Mr MacGregor said further work was needed to resolve practical difficulties.
▪ Some matters, such as boundaries, will need to be resolved by him with the vendor's solicitors.
try
▪ So I decided to try and resolve it myself.
▪ Louis Blues, Gretzky will meet today with Kings management to try to resolve his status.
▪ At other times there is simply a disagreement between two parties which the manager must try to resolve.
▪ I had tried to resolve animosities.
▪ Before expressing a qualified opinion an auditor should always try to resolve problems with the management of the organization concerned.
▪ Finally, hearings had to be scheduled to try to resolve the matter.
▪ There have been book-length studies devoted to trying to resolve the question of Doctor Faustus's text.
▪ Thursday night Republicans planned to meet to try to resolve the conflict.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Congressmen called for a third meeting to resolve the conflict.
▪ I resolved to keep quiet about what I had heard, since it would only cause trouble.
▪ It is difficult to see how this conflict can be resolved without taking the matter to court.
▪ Talking is the only way to resolve your differences.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Because attorneys for Partners filed appeals, Atkins' case may take years to resolve.
▪ Differences of opinion are often the most difficult problem to resolve.
▪ Gorbachev wrote that only he and Reagan, talking together, could resolve the questions he raised.
▪ It is likely that in normal discourse, the context of the sentences will help to resolve these potential ambiguities.
▪ She wants this resolved before the girls come back next month and practice begins.
▪ The ability to coordinate several activities at once and to quickly analyze and resolve specific problems is important.
▪ There are internal disputes which are resolved by a visitor who is not a lawyer himself and has not taken legal advice.
▪ Yet only a very few seem to have consciously resolved to make a different life.
II.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
stiffen
▪ But no, his wayward member twitched once more, started to stiffen with free-willed resolve.
▪ Denial can obscure obstacles and stiffen resolve.
strengthen
▪ It shows them up for what they really are, and only strengthens my resolve.
▪ Undoubtedly Margaret helped strengthen her resolve.
▪ She felt her anger grow colder, not hot, strengthening her resolve.
▪ The resulting humiliation should serve to strengthen your resolve.
▪ He clenched his fists at his sides to strengthen his resolve.
▪ In fact, the courage shown by their martyred brothers and sisters had only strengthened their resolve to persevere.
▪ Their move away from video, while strengthening a resolve with the fans, has been strongly criticised within business circles.
▪ Her defiance also seemed to strengthen Roy's resolve to put up with the treatment and get well.
test
▪ I believe that there is a strong likelihood that markets will seek to test that resolve.
▪ He had anticipated that going to a pub would test the resolve to its limits.
weaken
▪ Such policies offer the rich some protection as they weaken the resolve of potential revolutionaries.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ He restated his firm resolve to become president, and achieve clean and honest government.
▪ The latest unemployment figures should strengthen the government's resolve to do something about it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But it is also a story of brute resolve and drive, and courage at a crunch.
▪ Denial can obscure obstacles and stiffen resolve.
▪ Fortunately, there is a battery of leftist anti-smoking arguments to buttress flagging resolve, which the rightwinger can't call upon.
▪ He had only to say he admired Grace Bird's fortitude and instantly her chin stiffened with resolve.
▪ His resolve and optimism, tempered with caution, are none the less remarkable.
▪ Maintaining our resolve for peace does not mean, however, turning the other cheek.
▪ None the less the young couple eventually married, which in the face of so much Glover resistance undoubtedly took some strength and resolve.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Resolve

Resolve \Re*solve"\ (r?-z?lv"), v. i. [The sense ``to be convinced, to determine'' comes from the idea of loosening, breaking up into parts, analyzing, hence, determining.]

  1. To be separated into its component parts or distinct principles; to undergo resolution.

  2. To melt; to dissolve; to become fluid.

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

  3. To be settled in opinion; to be convinced. [R.]

    Let men resolve of that as they plaease.
    --Locke.

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

    Syn: To determine; decide; conclude; purpose.

Resolve

Resolve \Re*solve"\ (r?*z?lv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resolved (-z?lvd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Resolving.] [L. resolvere, resolutum, to untie, loosen, relax, enfeeble; pref. re- re- + solvere to loosen, dissolve: cf. F. r['e]soudare to resolve. See Solve, and cf. Resolve, v. i., Resolute, Resolution.]

  1. To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.

    O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew!
    --Shak.

    Ye immortal souls, who once were men, And now resolved to elements again.
    --Dryden.

  2. 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. ``Resolve my doubt.''
    --Shak.

    To the resolving whereof we must first know that the Jews were commanded to divorce an unbelieving Gentile.
    --Milton.

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

    Sir, be resolved. I must and will come.
    --Beau. & Fl.

    Resolve me, Reason, which of these is worse, Want with a full, or with an empty purse?
    --Pope.

    In health, good air, pleasure, riches, I am resolved it can not be equaled by any region.
    --Sir W. Raleigh.

    We must be resolved how the law can be pure and perspicuous, and yet throw a polluted skirt over these Eleusinian mysteries.
    --Milton.

  4. To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle; as, he was resolved by an unexpected event.

  5. 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).

  6. To change or convert by resolution or formal vote; -- used only reflexively; as, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole.

  7. (Math.) 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.
    --Hutton.

  8. (Med.) To dispere or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumor.

  9. (Mus.) To let the tones (as of a discord) follow their several tendencies, resulting in a concord.

  10. To relax; to lay at ease. [Obs.]
    --B. Jonson.

    To resolve a nebula.(Astron.) See Resolution of a nebula, under Resolution.

    Syn: To solve; analyze; unravel; disentangle.

Resolve

Resolve \Re*solve"\, n.

  1. The act of resolving or making clear; resolution; solution. ``To give a full resolve of that which is so much controverted.''
    --Milton.

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

    Nor is your firm resolve unknown.
    --Shak.

    C[ae]sar's approach has summoned us together, And Rome attends her fate from our resolves.
    --Addison.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
resolve

late 14c., "melt, dissolve, reduce to liquid;" intransitive sense from c.1400; from Old French resolver or directly from Latin resolvere "to loosen, loose, unyoke, undo; explain; relax; set free; make void, dispel," from re-, perhaps intensive, or "back" (see re-), + solvere "loosen" (see solve). Early 15c. as "separate into components," hence the use in optics (1785). Meaning "determine, decide upon" is from 1520s, hence "pass a resolution" (1580s). For sense evolution, compare resolute (adj.). Related: Resolved; resolving.

resolve

"determination, firmness or fixedness of purpose; a determination," 1590s, from resolve (v.).

Wiktionary
resolve

n. determination, will power. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To find a solution to (a problem). 2 (context transitive English) To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain. 3 (context transitive English) To solve again. 4 (context intransitive English) To make a firm decision to do something. 5 (context transitive English) To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle. 6 To come to an agreement or make peace; patch up relationship, settle differences, bury the hatchet. 7 (context transitive intransitive reflexive English) To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state.

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WordNet
resolve

  1. n. the trait of being resolute; firmness of purpose; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work" [syn: resoluteness, firmness, resolution] [ant: irresoluteness]

  2. a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote [syn: resolution, declaration]

resolve

  1. v. 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" [syn: decide, settle, adjudicate]

  2. reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation [syn: conclude]

  3. reach a decision; "he resolved never to drink again" [syn: purpose]

  4. understand the meaning of; "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered" [syn: answer]

  5. make clearly visible; "can this image be resolved?"

  6. find the solution; "solve an equation"; "solve for x" [syn: solve]

  7. cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water" [syn: dissolve, break up]

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Wikipedia
Resolve (song)

"Resolve" is the third single from Foo Fighters album In Your Honor. It was released on 21 November 2005. It has been released on two different discs. In The West Wing episode, "Election Day Part I", the band is seen playing this song at a campaign party for Democratic Presidential Candidate Matt Santos.

Resolve

Resolve may refer to:

  • Resolve or Resolution in music
    • "Resolve" (song), by the Foo Fighters
    • Resolve (Lagwagon album)
    • Resolve (Last Tuesday album)
    • Resolution (music)
  • The Resolve, a 1915 American silent short drama film
  • "Resolve" (One Tree Hill episode)
  • Operation Vigilant Resolve, a U.S. military operation that took place in Fallujah, Iraq
  • Operation Mountain Resolve, a U.S. military operation that took place in Afghanistan
  • ST Resolve, a British tugboat
  • Claris Resolve, a spreadsheet program
  • DaVinci Resolve, a color correction software created by Blackmagic Design
  • Angular resolution, the ability of any image-forming device to distinguish small details of an object
Resolve (Lagwagon album)

Resolve is Lagwagon's seventh studio album, released in 2005. It is inspired and dedicated to former Lagwagon drummer Derrick Plourde who committed suicide on March 30, 2005. All of the songs were written shortly after that tragic event.

On December 1, 2005, a music video was released for "Heartbreaking Music". The video is a memorial to Plourde.

Resolve was Lagwagon's last studio album to feature longtime bassist Jesse Buglione, who left the band in 2010.

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Usage examples of "resolve".

He therefore rejoiced in the hope of seeing his own son accommodated with such a faithful attendant, in the person of young Fathom, on whom he resolved to bestow the same education he had planned for the other, though conveyed in such a manner as should be suitable to the sphere in which he was ordained to move.

I left her full of hope, and resolved to follow her advice and hers only in the troublesome affair in which I was involved.

I dined that day with Major Pelodoro and several other officers, who agreed in advising me to enter the service of the Republic, and I resolved to do so.

In the latter part of April, 1919, the Executive Committee of the Socialist party of Italy resolved to sever its connection with the International Socialist Bureau and the Berne Conference, in which there were many reactionary Socialists, and to affiliate with the newly established Moscow International, consisting of the various National groups of Socialists giving whole-hearted support to Lenine and the Bolsheviki.

Instead of attempting to secure the allegiance of his son by the generous ties of confidence and gratitude, he resolved to prevent the mischiefs which might be apprehended from dissatisfied ambition.

The government resolved wisely to permit the meeting to assemble, at the same time announcing that any attempt to cross the bridges in a formal procession would be resisted.

Marquis de Montespan, not to annul and revoke the judicial and legal separation which exists, but to inform him of your return to reasonable ideas, and of your resolve to be reconciled with the public.

You develop a thesis, you contradict it with an anthesis and then you resolve the contradiction with a synthesis.

The notion of Brother John was, that, having resolved to marry the maiden, he had naturally gone home to apprize his parents and to make the necessary preparations.

Shakespeare, when taken at the full, leads on to fortune, he resolved that the opportunity should not be lost, and applied himself with such assiduity to his practice, that, in all likelihood, he would have carried the palm from all his contemporaries, had he not split upon the same rock which had shipwrecked his hopes before.

The natural antinomy between thought and writing had been resolved: it was an end and a beginning.

The antinomies are resolved genetically, whilst in the plane of language they remain irreducible.

Signor Filippo Barbone became fully satisfied that his father-in-law was not to be turned from his resolution: when it became apparent that the mother was not to be influenced, he came to the conclusion that he had made a bad bargain, and resolved to escape as soon as possible from the consequences of it.

The baronet sat construing their account of the flight of the lads when they were hailed, and resolved it into an act of rebellion on the part of his son.

But when Josiah Bartram died, and I feared that his death had been by foul means, I resolved to claim my portion, and to turn it over to the Bartram estate.