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You shall... by an auricular a urance have your satisfaction.. Glou. I would unstate myself, to be in a due resolution. Shak., Lear, i. 2. 108. 9. In music : (a) Of a particular voice-part, the act, proce , or result of pa ing from a discord to a concord. See preparation and per cu ion . ( b ) The concordant tone in which a discord is merged.-10. In med . , a removal or disappearance, as the disappearing of a swelling or an inflammation without coming to suppuration, the removal by absorption and expectoration of inflammatory products in pulmonary solidification, or the disappearance of fever.-11. In math ., same as solution .-12. In anc. pros.: (a) The use of two short times or syllables as the equivalent for one long; the division of a disemic time into the two semeia of which it is composed. ( b ) An equivalent of a time or of a foot in which two shorts are sub O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew! Shak ., Hamlet, i. 2. 130. 3. To disintegrate; reduce to constituent or elementary parts; separate the component The see gravel is lattest for to drie, And lattest may thou therwith edifie. The salt in it thy werkes wol resolve . Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 14. And ye, immortal souls, who once were men, And now, resolved to elements again. Dryden, Indian Emperor, ii. 1. It is no nece ity of his [the musician's] art to resolve the clang of an instrument into its constituent tones. Tyndall , Sound, p. 120. Specifically-4. In med ., to effect the disap- pearance of (a swelling) without the form a- analysis. tion. Joint resolution, in Amer . parliamentary law , a resolution adopted by both branches of a legislative a em- bly. See concurrent resolution , under concurrent . Res- olution of forces or of velocities, the application of the principle of the parallelogram of forces or velocities to the mathematical separation of a force or velocity into parts, which, however, need have no independent reality. See force1 , 8 ( a ).- The Expunging Resolution. See expunge . -Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, in U. S. hist ., resolutions pa ed in 1798 and 1799 by the legislatures of Virginia and Kentucky, declaring the pa age of the Alien and Sedition Acts to be an unconstitutional act of the fed- eral government, and setting forth the States' rights the- ory as to the proper remedies in such cases. The Virginia Resolutions were prepared by Madison, and the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 by Jefferson. The Kentucky Resolution of pus.-5. To analyze; reduce by mental tions of 1799, in addition to declaring the Constitution a compact, affirmed the right of a State to nullify any Act of Congre which it deemed unconstitutional. = Syn. 1. Decomposition, separation, disentanglement.-4. Deter- min at i on, etc. (see decision ), perseverance, tenacity, in- flexibility, fortitude, boldne , courage, resolve. Resolutioner (rez-ō-lū'shon-er), n. One of a party in the Church of Scotland, in the seven- teenth century, which approved the resolutions of the General A embly admitting all except those of bad character, or hostile to the Cove- nant, to bear arms against Cromwell. See the quotation under Protester , 3. Spenser, Virgil's Gnat, 1. 141. The city's custom Of being then in mirth and feast- Lem. Loosed whole In pleasure and security Aut . IMG:content-2067.png:[blocks in formation] Here were also several foundations of Buildings, but whether there were ever any place of note situated here- abouts, or what it might be, I cannot resolve . Maundrell , Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 12. I ask these sober questions of my heart; The heart resolves this matter in a trice. 7. In math ., to solve; answer (a question).- 8. In alg . , to bring all the known quantities of (an equation) to one side, and the unknown quantity to the other.-9. In mech ., to separate mathematically (a force or other vector quan- tity) into components, by the application of the parallelogram of forces, or of an analogous principle. The parts need not have indepen- dent reality.-10. To transform by or as by di olution. The form of going from the a embly into committee is for the presiding officer to put the question that the a embly do now resolve itself into a committee of the whole. Cushing , Manual of Parliamentary Practice, § 297. 11†. To free from doubt or perplexity; inform; acquaint; answer. If Brutus will vouchsafe that Antony May safely come to him, and be resolved How Cæsar hath deserved to lie in death. Pray, sir, resolve me, what religion 's best For a man to die in? Webster, White Devil, v. 1. You shall be fully resolved in every one of those many questions you have asked me. Goldsmith, To Mrs. Anne Goldsmith. 12t. To settle in an opinion; make certain; convince. The word of God can give us a urance in anything we are to do, and resolve us that we do well. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, ii. 4. Long since we were resolved of your truth, Your faithful service, and your toil in war. 13. To fix in a determination or purpose; de- termine; decide: used chiefly in the past par- ticiple. Therefore at last I firmly am resolved You shall have aid. Shak ., 3 Hen. VI., iii. 3. 219. Rather by this his last affront resolved , Desperate of better course, to vent his rage. Milton , P. R., iv. 444. With phrenzy seized, I run to meet the alarms, Resolved on death, resolved to die in arms. Dryden, Æneid, ii. 424. 14. To determine on; intend; purpose. I am resolved that thou shalt spend some time With Val ent in us in the emperor's court. Tell me, have you resolv'd yourself for court, And utterly renounc'd the slavish country, With all the cares thereof? Even as a form of wax Resolveth from his figure 'gainst the fire. Shak ., K. John, v. 4. 25. May my brain Resolve to water, and my blood turn phlegm. B. Jonson , Cat i line, iii. 3. 2. To become separated into component or elementary parts; disintegrate; in general, to be reduced as by di olution or analysis. The spices are so corrupted that theyr naturall sauour, taste, and quality vany heth and resolueth. R. Eden , tr. of Paolo Giovio (First Books on America, [ed. Arber, р. 309). Subterraneous bodies, from whence all the things upon the earth's surface spring, and into which they again re- solve and return. Bacon , Physical Fables, xi., Expl. I lifted up my head to look: the roof resolved to clouds, high and dim; the gleam was such as the moon imparts to vapors she is about to sever. Charlotte Brontë , Jane Eyre, xxvii. 3. To form an opinion, purpose, or resolution; determine in mind; purpose: as, he resolved on amendment of life. How yet resolves the governor of the town? Shak ., Hen. V., iii. 3. 1. 4. To be settled in opinion; be convinced. Let men resolve of that as they please. I crave but ten short days to give resolve To this important suit, in which consists My endle shame or lasting happine . Now, sister, let us hear your firm resolve . Shak., 3 Hen. VI., iii. 3. 129. 'Tis thus Men cast the blame of their unprosperous acts Upon the abettors of their own resolve . IMG:content-2068.png:[blocks in formation] resolved (re-zolvd'), p . a . Determined; reso- lute; firm. How now, my hardy, stout resolved mates! Are you now going to dispatch this deed? Of that and all the progre , more or le , Resolvedly more leisure shall expre . Shak ., T. G. of V., i. 3. 66. They (the Longobards] resolved to goe into some more Coryat, Crudities, I. 107. War then, war, Open or understood, must be resolved . Milton , P. L., i. 662. others are unsatisfied and erroneous in. 15t. To make ready in mind; prepare. Quit presently the chapel, or resolve you For more amazement. Shak ., W. T., v. 3. 86. resolvedne This resolvedne , this high fortitude in sin, can with no reason be imagined a preparative to its remi ion. Decay of Christian Piety . resolvend (rē-zol'vend), п . [ resolvendus , gerundive of resolvere , resolve: see resolve .] In arith ., a number formed by appending two or three figures to a remainder after subtraction in extracting the square or cube root. resolvent (rē-zolvent), a . and n . [F. résol vant = Sp. Pg. resolvente = It. risolvente , resol vente, resolven ( t- ) s , ppr. of resolvere : see resolve .] I. a . Having the power to resolve or di olve; causing solution; solvent. - Resolvent equation, product, etc. See the nouns.