resolve

IPA: rizˈɑɫv

(transitive) To find a solution to (a problem).
(transitive) To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.
(intransitive) To make a firm decision to do something. To become determined to reach a certain goal or take a certain action.
(transitive) To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle.
To come to an agreement or make peace; patch up relationship, settle differences, bury the hatchet.
(transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state.
To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
(music) To cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance.
(optics) To render visible or distinguishable the parts of something.
(computing) To find the IP address of a hostname, or the entity referred to by a symbol in source code; to look up.
(rare, transitive) To melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften (a solid).
(rare, intransitive, reflexive) To melt; to dissolve; to become liquid.
(obsolete, transitive) To liquefy (a gas or vapour).
(medicine, dated) To disperse or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumour.
(obsolete) To relax; to lie at ease.
(chemistry) To separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers.
(mathematics, archaic, transitive) To solve (an equation, etc.).
Alternative spelling of re-solve [(transitive) To solve again.]

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