All 19 Uses of
resolve
in
The Return of the Native
- Gusts in innumerable series followed each other from the north-west, and when each one of them raced past the sound of its progress resolved into three.†
Chpt 1 (definition 1)
- I had given you up, and resolved not to think of you any more; and then I heard the news, and I came out and got the fire ready because I thought that you had been faithful to me.
Chpt 1 (definition 1)resolved = decided
- The halt was but momentary, for the noise resolved itself into the steady bites of two animals grazing.†
Chpt 1 (definition 1)
- Before they had gone far it occurred to the perspicacious reddleman that he would have acted more wisely by appearing less unimpressionable, and he resolved to correct the error as soon as he could find opportunity.
Chpt 1 (definition 1)resolved = decided
- She resolved to look for the man from Paris no more.
Chpt 2 (definition 1) *
- But Providence is nothing if not coquettish; and no sooner had Eustacia formed this resolve than the opportunity came which, while sought, had been entirely withholden.
Chpt 2 (definition 1)resolve = decide; or decision
- Full of this resolve to marry in haste, and wring the heart of the proud girl, Wildeve went his way.
Chpt 2 (definition 2)resolve = firmness of purpose
- With the same resolve to keep up a show of conversation he said, about seven o'clock in the evening, "There's an eclipse of the moon tonight."
Chpt 3 (definition 2)
- A mart extensive enough for the purpose existed at Anglebury, some miles beyond the spot chosen for his residence, and there he resolved to pass the coming night.
Chpt 3 (definition 1)resolved = decided
- All the effect that her remark had upon him was a resolve to chain himself more closely than ever to his books, so as to be the sooner enabled to appeal to substantial results from another course in arguing against her whim.
Chpt 4 (definition 1)resolve = decide; or decision
- Venn resolved to reconnoitre somewhat carefully the lonely road which led along the vale from Wildeve's dwelling to Clym's house at Alderworth.
Chpt 4 (definition 1)resolved = decided
- She resolved to wait till Clym came to look for her, and glided back into the garden.
Chpt 4 (definition 1)
- She was face to face with a monstrous difficulty, and she resolved to get free of it by postponement.
Chpt 4 (definition 1)
- At this time of the year it was pleasanter to walk by night than by day, and when Clym had been absent about an hour she suddenly resolved to go out in the direction of Blooms-End, on the chance of meeting him on his return.
Chpt 4 (definition 1)
- Never, I am resolved.
Chpt 5 (definition 2)resolved = determined (having firm purpose or having firmly decided)
- Up to this hour he had persevered in his resolve not to invite her back.
Chpt 5 (definition 2) *resolve = determination (in holding to his decision)
- Having resolved on flight Eustacia at times seemed anxious that something should happen to thwart her own intention.
Chpt 5 (definition 1)resolved = decided
- In her anxiety to reach home she decided that she would appeal to him, notwithstanding the strangeness of appearing before his eyes at this place and season. But when, in pursuance of this resolve, Thomasin reached the van and looked in she found it to be untenanted; though there was no doubt that it was the reddleman's.
Chpt 5 (definition 1)resolve = decide; or decision
- Yet he resolved to ask her, and let her decide for herself.
Chpt 6 (definition 1)resolved = decided
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)