Crossword clues for resolved
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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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.
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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.
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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. To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle; as, he was resolved by an unexpected event.
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).
To change or convert by resolution or formal vote; -- used only reflexively; as, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole.
(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.(Med.) To dispere or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumor.
(Mus.) To let the tones (as of a discord) follow their several tendencies, resulting in a concord.
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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.
Resolved \Re*solved"\ (r?-z?lvd"), p. p. & a. Having a fixed purpose; determined; resolute; -- usually placed after its noun; as, a man resolved to be rich.
That makes him a resolved enemy.
--Jer. Taylor.
I am resolved she shall not settle here.
--Fielding.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"determined," 1520s, past participle adjective from resolve (v.). Related: Resolvedly.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: resolve)
WordNet
adj. determined; "she was firmly resolved to be a doctor"; "single-minded in his determination to stop smoking" [syn: single-minded]
explained or answered; "mysteries solved and unsolved; problems resolved and unresolved" [syn: solved] [ant: unsolved]
Wikipedia
Resolved is a 2007 documentary film concerning the world of high school policy debate. The film was written and directed by Greg Whiteley of New York Doll fame. The film captured the "Audience Award" title at its debut on June 23, 2007 at the Los Angeles Film Festival. The film was produced by One Potato Productions. The film made its television debut on HBO in the summer of 2008 and subsequently received 2 Emmy Nominations: one nomination for Best Documentary; the other for Editing for the 2009 Emmy Awards held in September, 2009. In July 2009 it was released on DVD by Image Entertainment.
Usage examples of "resolved".
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.
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.
Toboso, where she was waiting for him, Don Quixote had responded that he was resolved not to come before her beauteousness until such time as he had performed such feats as would render him deserving of her grace.
But spurred by those reflections may we not bestir ourselves and resolve as we have never resolved before to hasten by every means in our power the consummation of this all-absorbing yet so meritorious a task?