Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RE-SOLVE'
RE-SOLVE', v.i. [resolv'.]
- To fix in opinion or purpose; to determine in mind. He resolved to abandon his vicious course of life.
- To determine by vote. The legislature resolved to receive no petitions after a certain day.
- To melt; to dissolve; to become fluid. When the blood stagnates in any part, it first coagulates, then resolves and turns alkaline. – Arbuthnot.
- To separate into its component parts, or into distinct principles; as, water resolves into vapor; a substance resolves into gas.
- To be settled in opinion. Let men resolve of that as they please. [Unusual.] – Locke.
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