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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
resolve From the web:
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infer
English
Etymology
From Latin infer?, from Latin in- (“in, at, on; into”) + Latin fer? (“bear, carry; suffer”) (cognate to Old English beran, whence English bear), from Proto-Italic *fer?, from Proto-Indo-European *b?éreti (“to bear, carry”), from the root *b?er-. Literally “carry forward”, equivalent to “bear in”, as in concluding from a premise.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n?f?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n?f??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Verb
infer (third-person singular simple present infers, present participle inferring, simple past and past participle inferred)
- (transitive) To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence. [from 16th c.]
- 2010, "Keep calm, but don't carry on", The Economist, 7 Oct 2010:
- It is dangerous to infer too much from martial bluster in British politics: at the first hint of trouble, channelling Churchill is a default tactic for beleaguered leaders of all sorts.
- 2010, "Keep calm, but don't carry on", The Economist, 7 Oct 2010:
- (transitive) To lead to (something) as a consequence; to imply. (Now often considered incorrect, especially with a person as subject.) [from 16th c.]
- a. 1535, Thomas More, letter to Fryth
- the fyrste parte is not the proofe of the second. but rather contrarywyse the seconde inferreth well y? fyrst.
- a. 1535, Thomas More, letter to Fryth
- (obsolete) To cause, inflict (something) upon or to someone. [16th-18th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.8:
- faire Serena […] fled fast away, afeard / Of villany to be to her inferd […].
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.8:
- (obsolete) To introduce (a subject) in speaking, writing etc.; to bring in. [16th–18th c.]
Usage notes
There are two ways in which the word "infer" is sometimes used as if it meant "imply". "Implication" is done by a person when making a "statement", whereas "inference" is done to a proposition after it had already been made or assumed. Secondly, the word "infer" can sometimes be used to mean "allude" or "express" in a suggestive manner rather than as a direct "statement". Using the word "infer" in this sense is now generally considered incorrect. [1] [2]
Synonyms
- assume, conclude, deduce, educe, construe
Related terms
- inferable
- inference
- illative
- illation
- -ferous (-iferous)
Translations
Anagrams
- -frine, Finer, finer, frine
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?in.fer/, [???f?r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?in.fer/, [?inf?r]
Verb
?nfer
- second-person singular present active imperative of ?nfer?
References
- infer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- infer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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