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resolve
A	noun
	1	resoluteness, firmness, resolve, resolution
			the trait of being resolute; firmness of purpose; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚trait ╚resoluteness, firmness, resolve, resolution ╚steadfastness ╚determination; purpose ╚decisiveness; decision ╚adamance; obduracy; unyieldingness ╚single-mindedness ╚stubbornness; bullheadedness; obstinacy; obstinance; pigheadedness; self-will ╚self-control; self-possession; possession; willpower; self-command; self-will
	2	resolution, declaration, resolve
			a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚written communication; written language ╚writing; written material; piece of writing ╚document; written document; papers ╚resolution, declaration, resolve ╚joint resolution ╚Declaration of Independence
B	verb
	1	dissolve, resolve, break up
			cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"
		Category Tree: change ╚change integrity ╚dissolve, resolve, break up ╚cut ╚melt; run; melt down
	2	answer, resolve
			understand the meaning of; "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered"
		Category Tree: understand ╚solve; work out; figure out; puzzle out; lick; work ╚answer, resolve
	3	decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate
			bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚end; terminate ╚decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate ╚adjust ╚judge
	4	purpose, resolve
			reach a decision; "he resolved never to drink again"
		Category Tree: decide; make up one's mind; determine ╚purpose, resolve
	5	resolve, solve
			find the solution; "solve an equation"; "solve for x"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚reason ╚calculate; cipher; cypher; compute; work out; reckon; figure ╚resolve, solve ╚factorize; factorise
	6	conclude, resolve
			reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation
		Category Tree: agree; hold; concur; concord ╚conclude, resolve ╚settle; square off; square up; determine
	7	resolve
			make clearly visible; "can this image be resolved?"
		Category Tree: recognize; recognise; distinguish; discern; pick out; make out; tell apart ╚resolve

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