All 14 Uses of
resolve
in
The Idiot
- "I felt sure you would think I had some object in view when I resolved to pay you this visit," the prince interrupted; "but I give you my word, beyond the pleasure of making your acquaintance I had no personal object whatever."†
Chpt 1.3
- He wanted Colia, but firmly resolved to leave the general behind.†
Chpt 1.12
- He resolved therefore, to see it out, and to adopt the attitude of silent spectator, as most suited to his dignity.†
Chpt 1.15
- However, a week later she received another letter from the same source, and at last resolved to speak.†
Chpt 2.1
- At the words "one can't get rid of him," Colia was very angry, and nearly flew into a rage; but he resolved to be quiet for the time and show his resentment later.†
Chpt 2.6
- It may be that I have resolved to satisfy Mr. Burdovsky's claim.†
Chpt 2.8
- I have resolved to give him ten thousand roubles; that is about the sum which I calculate that Pavlicheff must have spent on me.†
Chpt 2.8
- If I had not formed a final resolve, but had decided to wait until the last minute, I should not leave my room, or accept his invitation to come and die at Pavlofsk.†
Chpt 3.5
- I have said above that the determination needed by me for the accomplishment of my final resolve, came to hand not through any sequence of causes, but thanks to a certain strange circumstance which had perhaps no connection whatever with the matter at issue.†
Chpt 3.6
- I felt resolved that he should speak first.†
Chpt 3.6 *
- So that no logic, or logical deductions, had anything to do with my resolve;—it was simply a matter of disgust.†
Chpt 3.6
- He seemed to have been born with overwrought nerves, and in his passionate desire to excel, he was often led to the brink of some rash step; and yet, having resolved upon such a step, when the moment arrived, he invariably proved too sensible to take it.†
Chpt 4.1
- On scrutinizing him, the prince soon saw that the general was quite a different man from what he had been the day before; he looked like one who had come to some momentous resolve.†
Chpt 4.4
- With this resolve firmly impressed upon her mind, she awoke next day; but during the morning, after her early lunch, she fell into a condition of remarkable inconsistency.†
Chpt 4.7
Definition:
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(resolve as in: I resolved to stop drinking.) to decide -- typically a firm or formal decisioneditor's notes: In modern writing resolve is typically used to emphasize a firm or formal decision. In classic literature, it is used more frequently and often simply replaces decide or determine.