resolve
- Verb. (transitive) To find a solution to (a problem).
- Verb. (transitive) To solve again.
- Verb. (intransitive) To make a firm decision to do something.
- Verb. (transitive, intransitive) To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state.
- Verb. (music) to cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance.
- Verb. (computing) to find the IP address of a hostname by using utilities such as a ping.
- Verb. (rare, transitive) To melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften (a solid).
- Verb. (rare, intransitive) To melt; to dissolve; to become liquid.
- Verb. (obsolete, transitive) To liquefy (a gas or vapour).
- Noun. Determination, will power.
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