(v. i.) To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the
constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence, sometimes,
to melt, or dissolve.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to
inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
(v. i.) To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in
mind; to fix; to settle; as, he was resolved by an unexpected event.
(v. i.) 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).
(v. i.) To change or convert by resolution or formal vote; --
used only reflexively; as, the house resolved itself into a committee
of the whole.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To dispere or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation
or a tumor.
(v. i.) To let the tones (as of a discord) follow their several
tendencies, resulting in a concord.
(v. i.) To relax; to lay at ease.
(v. i.) To be separated into its component parts or distinct
principles; to undergo resolution.
(v. i.) To melt; to dissolve; to become fluid.
(v. i.) To be settled in opinion; to be convinced.
(v. i.) To form a purpose; to make a decision; especially, to
determine after reflection; as, to resolve on a better course of life.
(n.) The act of resolving or making clear; resolution;
solution.
(n.) That which has been resolved on or determined; decisive
conclusion; fixed purpose; determination; also, legal or official
determination; a legislative declaration; a resolution.
