resolved; resolving

1

a

**:**to deal with successfully

**:**clear up

resolve doubts

resolve a dispute

b

**:**to find an answer to

c

**:**to make clear or understandable

d

**:**to find a mathematical solution of

e

**:**to split up into two or more components especially in assigned directions

resolve a vector

2

**:**to reach a firm decision about

resolve to get more sleep

resolve disputed points in a text

3

a

**:**to declare or decide by a formal resolution and vote

b

**:**to change by resolution or formal vote

the house

*resolved*itself into a committee4

b

**:**to reduce by analysis

resolve the problem into simple elements

c

**:**to distinguish between or make independently visible adjacent parts of

d

**:**to separate (a racemic compound or mixture) into the two components

5

**:**to make (something, such as one or more voice parts or the total musical harmony) progress from dissonance to consonance

6

**:**to work out the resolution of (something, such as a play)

7

**:**to cause resolution of (a pathological state)

1

**:**to become separated into component parts

also

**:**to become reduced by dissolving or analysis2

**:**to form a resolution

**:**determine

3

4

**:**to progress from dissonance to consonance

resolver
noun

1

**:**fixity of purpose

**:**resoluteness

2

**:**something that is resolved

3

**:**a legal or official determination

especially

**:**a formal resolutionLove words? Need even more definitions?

Merriam-Webster unabridged
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