Word of the Day: Resolve

resolve
re·solve
rəˈzälv

noun

1. fixity of purpose
“Across time and place, memory lives on the tenacity of a people’s resolve never to forget-not just with words-but with an endless stream of concrete actions rushing every day, every hour, every minute, every second.”
-Psyche Roxas-Mendoza

2. drive to see something through to its conclusion
“The height of your achievements is determined by the depth of your self-belief, the strength of your resolve and the intensity of your efforts.” -Roopleen

verb

3. to find or implement a solution to a problem
“Be quick to resolve conflicts before they mature to become wars.” -Israelmore Ayvior

4. to deal with successfully
“Imagination is the creative force that through necessity yields solutions to resolve the issues that face us.” -Steven Redhead, 1952-

5. to reach a firm decision about
“Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery.” -Matthew Arnold, 1822-1888

6. to reduce by analysis
“Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.” -Rene Descartes, 1596-1650

7. to break up or separate
“Most humans can resolve 2 lines that are 0.04 mm (the width of a fine human hair) apart, located 15 cm from their face, but the lines will blur into one if they are closer.” -Science Focus

8. to transform or convert
“Large legislative bodies resolve themselves into coteries, and coteries into jealousies.” -Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769-1821