“resolves” is a form of
resolve
UK /ɹɪˈzɒlv/ · US /ɹɪˈzɑlv/ verb, noun
Forms resolves resolving resolved
- verb (transitive) To find a solution to (a problem).
- verb (transitive) To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain. “to resolve a riddle”
- verb (intransitive) To make a firm decision to do something. To become determined to reach a certain goal or take a certain action. “I resolve to finish this work before I go home.”
- verb (transitive) To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle. “He was resolved by an unexpected event.”
- verb To come to an agreement or make peace; patch up relationship, settle differences, bury the hatchet. “After two weeks of bickering, they finally resolved their differences.”
- verb (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state. “The House immediately resolved itself into a Committee on the Bill.”
- verb To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
- verb (music) To cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance.
- noun (uncountable) Determination; will power. “It took all my resolve to go through with the surgery.”
- noun (countable) A determination to do something; a fixed decision.
- noun (countable) An act of resolving something; resolution.
Synonyms
decipher upsolve work out absolve get to the bottom of iron out meliorate puzzle out ravel reason out riddle sleuth solve tease out think out unpuzzle unravel unriddle unsolve Any from Thesaurus:untangle resoluteness firmness firmness of purpose resolution declaration decide settle adjudicate conclude purpose
Etymology
From Middle English resolven, from Old French resolver, a learned borrowing of Latin resolvō (“loosen, thaw, melt, resolve”), equivalent to re- + solve. Piecewise doublet of re-solve.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; --said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.
- verb To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; --said of complex ideas or obscure questions; to make clear or certain; to free from doubt; to disentangle; to unravel; to explain; hence, to clear up, or dispel, as doubt; as, to resolve a riddle. "Resolve my doubt." Shak.
- verb To be separated into its component parts or distinct principles; to undergo resolution.
- verb To melt; to dissolve; to become fluid.
Etymology [L. resolvere, resolutum, to untie, loosen, relax, enfeeble; pref. re- re- + solvere to loosen, dissolve: cf. F. résoudare to resolve. See Solve, and cf. Resolve, v. i., Resolute, Resolution.]
Etymology [The sense "to be convinced, to determine" comes from the idea of loosening, breaking up into parts, analyzing, hence, determining.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “resolve”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details