All 5 Uses of
resolve
in
The Time Machine
- I told myself that I could never stop, and with a gust of petulance I resolved to stop forthwith.
Chpt 3resolved = decided
- I resolved to mount to the summit of a crest, perhaps a mile and a half away, from which I could get a wider view of this our planet in the year Eight Hundred and Two Thousand Seven Hundred and One A.D. For that, I should explain, was the date the little dials of my machine recorded.
Chpt 4
- But the day was growing late, and I had come upon the sight of the place after a long and tiring circuit; so I resolved to hold over the adventure for the following day, and I returned to the welcome and the caresses of little Weena.
Chpt 6
- I resolved I would make the descent without further waste of time, and started out in the early morning towards a well near the ruins of granite and aluminium.
Chpt 6
- Weena I had resolved to bring with me to our own time.
Chpt 7 *resolved = definitely decided
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.