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resolve
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English resolven, from Old French resolver, a learned borrowing of Latin resolv? (“loosen, thaw, melt, resolve”), equivalent to re- +? solve.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???z?lv/, /?i??z?lv/
- Rhymes: -?lv or Rhymes: -?lv
- (US) IPA(key): /???z?lv/
Verb
resolve (third-person singular simple present resolves, present participle resolving, simple past and past participle resolved)
- (transitive) To find a solution to (a problem).
- (transitive) To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.
- (intransitive) To make a firm decision to do something.
- (transitive) To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle.
- To come to an agreement or make peace; patch up relationship, settle differences, bury the hatchet.
- (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state.
- 1665, John Dryden, The Indian Emperour
- Ye immortal souls, who once were men, / And now resolved to elements again.
- 1665, John Dryden, The Indian Emperour
- To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
- 1596, Walter Raleigh, The discovery of the large, rich, and beautiful Empire of Guiana, with a relation of the great and golden city of Manoa
- In health, good air, pleasure, riches, I am resolved it cannot be equalled by any region.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
- She was proceeding in this manner when the surgeon entered the room. The lieutenant immediately asked how his patient did. But he resolved him only by saying, "Better, I believe, than he would have been by this time, if I had not been called; and even as it is, perhaps it would have been lucky if I could have been called sooner."
- 1596, Walter Raleigh, The discovery of the large, rich, and beautiful Empire of Guiana, with a relation of the great and golden city of Manoa
- (music) To cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance.
- (optics) To render visible or distinguishable the parts of something.
- (computing) To find the IP address of a hostname, or the entity referred to by a symbol in source code; to look up.
- (rare, transitive) To melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften (a solid).
- (rare, intransitive, reflexive) To melt; to dissolve; to become liquid.
- 1730, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments
- When the blood stagnates in any part, it first coagulates, then resolves, and turns alkaline.
- 1730, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments
- (obsolete, transitive) To liquefy (a gas or vapour).
- (medicine, dated) To disperse or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumour.
- (obsolete) To relax; to lay at ease.
- 1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter
- resolve himself into all sports and looseness again
- 1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter
- (chemistry) To separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers.
- (mathematics, archaic, transitive) To solve (an equation, etc.).
Derived terms
- resolvable
- resolver
Translations
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “resolve”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Noun
resolve (countable and uncountable, plural resolves)
- Determination; will power.
- It took all my resolve to go through with the surgery.
- A determination to do something; a fixed decision.
- 1995, William Arctander O'Brien, Novalis, Signs of Revolution (page 56)
- His resolve to die is weakening as he grows accustomed to Sophie's absence, and all his attempts to master irresolution only augment it.
- 1995, William Arctander O'Brien, Novalis, Signs of Revolution (page 56)
- (countable) An act of resolving something; resolution.
- 2008, Matt Lombard, SolidWorks 2007 Bible (page 956)
- Some operations require data that, in turn, requires that lightweight components be resolved. In these cases, this option determines whether the user is prompted to approve the resolve or whether components are just resolved automatically.
- 2008, Matt Lombard, SolidWorks 2007 Bible (page 956)
Synonyms
- fortitude, inner strength, resoluteness, sticktoitiveness, tenacity
Translations
See also
- set of one's jaw
Etymology 2
re- +? solve
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?i?s?lv/
- Rhymes: -?lv
- (US) IPA(key): /?i?s?lv/
- Rhymes: -?lv
Verb
resolve (third-person singular simple present resolves, present participle resolving, simple past and past participle resolved)
- (transitive) To solve again.
Translations
Anagrams
- reloves
Italian
Verb
resolve
- third-person singular present indicative of resolvere
Anagrams
- solvere, svelerò, svolere
Latin
Verb
resolve
- second-person singular present active imperative of resolv?
Portuguese
Verb
resolve
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of resolver
- Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of resolver
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guess
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: g?s, IPA(key): /??s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Etymology 1
From Middle English gessen, probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Danish getse, gitse, getsa (“to guess”), from Old Norse *getsa, *gitsa, from Proto-Germanic *gitis?n? (“to guess”), from Proto-Germanic *getan? (“to get”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?ed- (“to take, seize”). Cognate with Danish gisse (“to guess”), Norwegian gissa, gjette (“to guess”), Swedish gissa (“to guess”), Saterland Frisian gisje (“to guess”), Dutch gissen (“to guess”), Low German gissen (“to guess”). Related also to Icelandic giska ("to guess"; from Proto-Germanic *gitisk?n?). Compare also Russian ??????? (gadát?, “to conjecture, guess, divine”), Albanian gjëzë (“riddle”) from gjej (“find, recover, obtain”). More at get.
Verb
guess (third-person singular simple present guesses, present participle guessing, simple past and past participle guessed)
- To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.
- To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
- (chiefly US) to suppose (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
- 1714, Alexander Pope, Imitations of Horace
- But in known images of life I guess / The labour greater.
- 1714, Alexander Pope, Imitations of Horace
- (colloquial) To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".
- (obsolete) To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
Synonyms
- hypothesize
- take a stab
- speculate
- assume
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English gesse. Cognate with Dutch gis (“a guess”).
Noun
guess (plural guesses)
- A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.
- Synonyms: estimate, hypothesis, prediction
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- guess in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- guess in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Guses
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