All 9 Uses of
resolve
in
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography
- At that time those cakes seemed to me to be absolutely the most tempting and desirable things that I had ever seen; and I then and there resolved that, if I ever got free, the height of my ambition would be reached if I could get to the point where I could secure and eat ginger-cakes in the way that I saw those ladies doing.
Chpt 1 (definition 1)resolved = decided
- Years ago I resolved that because I had no ancestry myself I would leave a record of which my children would be proud, and which might encourage them to still higher effort.
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- There was never a time in my youth, no matter how dark and discouraging the days might be, when one resolve did not continually remain with me, and that was a determination to secure an education at any cost.
Chpt 2 (definition 2) *resolve = determination (firmness of purpose to do something)
- I resolved at once to go to that school, although I had no idea where it was, or how many miles away, or how I was going to reach it; I remembered only that I was on fire constantly with one ambition, and that was to go to Hampton.
Chpt 3 (definition 1)resolved = decided
- I felt that I had reached the promised land, and I resolved to let no obstacle prevent me from putting forth the highest effort to fit myself to accomplish the most good in the world.
Chpt 3 (definition 1)
- From the first, I resolved to make the school a real part of the community in which it was located.
Chpt 9 (definition 1)
- It is now long ago that I learned this lesson from General Armstrong, and resolved that I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
Chpt 11 (definition 1) *
- More than once, just before I was to make an important address, this nervous strain has been so great that I have resolved never again to speak in public.
Chpt 15 (definition 1)
- At the end of his visit I resolved anew to devote myself more earnestly than ever to the cause which was so near his heart.
Chpt 17 (definition 1)
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)