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Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin resolvō, resolvere; equivalent to re- + solven. Compare resolucioun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɛːˈzɔlvən/, /rɛːˈsɔlvən/
Verb
resolven (third-person singular simple present resolveth, present participle resolvende, resolvynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle resolved)
- To transmute; to change state:
- To cause to disintegrate or decompose.
- To cause to melt or evanesce.
- To dissolve or intermix.
- (by extension) To destroy or end.
- To unbind (usually the soul from the body)
- (writing, mathematics) To put into an intelligible form.
- (medicine) To cause softening.
Conjugation
1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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