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To resolve beforehand; to predetermine. Sir E. Dering.

To resolve again. Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. Young.

To console or comfort again. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

To consolidate anew or again.

The act or process of reconsolidating; the state of being reconsolidated.

To dissolve again.

Admitting of being resolved; resolvable; as, bodies resoluble by fire. Boyle. -- Res"o*lu*ble*ness, n.

Having a decided purpose; determined; resolved; fixed in a determination; hence, bold; firm; steady. Edward is at hand, Ready to fight; therefore be resolute. Shak.

In a resolute manner; with fixed purpose; boldly; firmly; steadily; with perseverance. Some.. facts he examines, some he resolutely denies. Swift.

The quality of being resolute.

The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically: (a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts.

One who makes a resolution; one who joins with others in a declaration or resolution; specifically, one of a party in the Scottish Church in the 17th century. He was sequestrated afterwards as a Resolutioner. Sir W. Scott.

One who makes a resolution.

Serving to dissolve or relax. [R.] Johnson.

Resolutive. [R.]

The quality or condition of being resolvable; resolvableness.

Admitting of being resolved; admitting separation into constituent parts, or reduction to first principles; admitting solution or explanation; as, resolvable compounds; resolvable ideas or difficulties.

The quality of being resolvable; resolvability.

he constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve. O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew! Shak. Ye immortal souls, who once were men, And now resolved to elements again. Dryden.

Having a fixed purpose; determined; resolute; -- usually placed after its noun; as, a man resolved to be rich. That makes him a resolved enemy. Jer. Taylor. I am resolved she shall not settle here. Fielding.