All 13 Uses of
resolve
in
The Prince and The Pauper
- His fear rose higher and higher; and trembling he softly opened the door to the antechamber, resolved to fly and seek the prince, and, through him, protection and release.
Chpt 5 (definition 1)resolved = decided
- Tom signified assent with a gesture and a murmured word, for he was already learning, and in his simple heart was resolved to acquit himself as best he might, according to the King's command.
Chpt 6 (definition 2)resolved = determined (having firm purpose or having firmly decided)
- …the ducal degree upon the Earl of Hertford and raising his brother, Sir Thomas Seymour, to the peerage, and likewise Hertford's son to an earldom, together with similar aggrandisements to other great servants of the Crown, the Council had resolved to hold a sitting on the 16th of February for the delivering and confirming of these honours, and that meantime, the late King not having granted, in writing, estates suitable to the support of these dignities, the Council, knowing his…
Chpt 14 (definition 1)resolved = decided
- At the end of an hour Tom found himself well freighted with very valuable information concerning personages and matters pertaining to the Court; so he resolved to draw instruction from this source daily; and to this end he would give order to admit Humphrey to the royal closet whenever he might come, provided the Majesty of England was not engaged with other people.
Chpt 14 (definition 1)
- So encouraged was he, indeed, that he spoke up and said in a quite hopeful voice— "Now am I persuaded that if your Majesty will but tax your memory yet a little further, it will resolve the puzzle of the Great Seal—a loss which was of moment yesterday, although of none to-day, since its term of service ended with our late lord's life."
Chpt 14 (definition 3)resolve = solve or settle
- Nightfall found him leg-weary, half-famished, and his desire as far from accomplishment as ever; so he supped at the Tabard Inn and went to bed, resolved to make an early start in the morning, and give the town an exhaustive search.
Chpt 17 (definition 2)resolved = determined (having firm purpose or having firmly decided)
- I had resolved to stay, and never more venture country-wards—but the accident has ended that.
Chpt 17 (definition 1)resolved = decided
- He wandered on, wounded and indignant, and was resolved to put himself in the way of like treatment no more.
Chpt 18 (definition 2) *resolved = determined
- He got so cold, standing still, and the hospitable barn looked so enticing, that at last he resolved to risk everything and enter.
Chpt 18 (definition 1) *resolved = decided
- So he resolved to waive rank and make friends with the calf.
Chpt 18 (definition 1)
- Both threw away some tolerably fair-looking opportunities; for both, in their secret hearts, were resolved to make absolutely sure work this time, and neither meant to allow his fevered desires to seduce him into any venture that had much uncertainty about it.
Chpt 22 (definition 2)resolved = determined (having firm purpose or having firmly decided)
- …hard journeys, irregular meals, and illiberal measures of sleep would be bad for his crazed mind; whilst rest, regularity, and moderate exercise would be pretty sure to hasten its cure; he longed to see the stricken intellect made well again and its diseased visions driven out of the tormented little head; therefore he resolved to move by easy stages toward the home whence he had so long been banished, instead of obeying the impulse of his impatience and hurrying along night and day.
Chpt 25 (definition 1)resolved = decided
- But meantime, Miles Hendon was resolving the difficulty.
Chpt 28 (definition 3) *resolving = solving or settling
Definitions:
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(1) (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.
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(2) (resolve as in: Her resolve weakened.) firmness of purpose (strong determination to do something)
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(3) (resolve as in: How was the problem resolved?) to solve a problem, settle a disagreement, or for a situation to change