different between revolute vs resolute

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin revol?tus, perfect passive participle of revolv? (“roll back”).

Adjective

revolute (not comparable)

1. Rolled or recurved on itself.
2. (botany) Having the edges rolled with the abaxial side outward.

Translations

Verb

revolute (third-person singular simple present revolutes, present participle revoluting, simple past and past participle revoluted)

1. to roll back, curve upwards

Etymology 2

Back-formation from revolution.

Verb

revolute (third-person singular simple present revolutes, present participle revoluting, simple past and past participle revoluted)

1. to participate in or incite a revolution or revolt
   • 1893, Daily Evening Expositor, editorial, January 28

     The Hawaiians have ‘revoluted’ and dethroned the fat squaw they have hitherto chosen to call a queen.

   • 1996, Lester D. Langley, The Banana Men: American Mercenaries and Entrepreneurs in Central America, 1880-1930

     Christmas always thought himself a “patriotic American,” but, as he saw the matter, a little “revoluting” on behalf of his benefactors—Manuel Bonilla and Estrada Cabrera—in no sense harmed the interestes of the United States.

   • 2000, Barbara Bush, Imperialism, Race and Resistance: Africa and Britain 1919-1945

     Achimota was Fraser’s life’s work, evidence that ‘the glorious West African people’ were gradually changing their conditions by ‘evolving not revoluting [sic]’.

   • 2003, Ed McClanahan, Famous People I Have Known

     I rocked and rolled. I ingested illicit substances. I revoluted.

   • 2004, Samuel Hopkins Adams, The Unspeakable Perk

     “Pins through scarabs,” she laughed, “while beneath you Caracuna riots and revolutes and massacres foreigners.

Anagrams

• Truelove, true love, truelove

Italian

Adjective

revolute

1. feminine plural of revoluto

Latin

Participle

revol?te

1. vocative masculine singular of revol?tus

English

Etymology

From Latin resolutus (“released”), past participle of resolv? (“I release, I unbind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.z??l(j)u?t/, /???.z??l(j)u?t/
• Rhymes: -u?t

Adjective

resolute (comparative more resolute, superlative most resolute)

1. Firm, unyielding, determined.
2. (obsolete) Convinced; satisfied; sure.

Usage notes

• The one-word comparative form resoluter and superlative form resolutest are both well-attested, though not as common as the two-word forms “more resolute” and “most resolute”.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:obstinate

Antonyms

• irresolute

Derived terms

• resolutely
• resoluteness

Related terms

Translations

Noun

resolute (plural resolutes)

1. A determined person; one showing resolution.

Anagrams

• retousle

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ezo?lu?t?/

Adjective

resolute

1. inflection of resolut:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Latin

Participle

resol?te

1. vocative masculine singular of resol?tus

References

• resolute in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• resolute in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• resolute in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette