SOLVE

v. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To explain; to resolve; to unfold; to clear up out to a result or conclusion; as, to solve a doubt; to solve difficulties; to solve a problem. True piety would effectually solve such scruples. South. God shall solve the dark decrees of fate. Tickell.

2.
n.

A solution; an explanation. [Obs.] Shak.


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