All 5 Uses

resolve
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Hunger Games Book #2 (Catching Fire)
(Edited)

My resolve is almost immediately broken at the first table, which has twenty or so soups, when I encounter a creamy pumpkin brew sprinkled with slivered nuts and tiny black seeds.
Chpt 6 *

resolve = determination (strength of purpose)
I need only to think of Prim and all my resolve disintegrates.
Chpt 9

resolve = firmness of purpose
But I can't help thinking that everything he sees will only strengthen his resolve to fight back.
Chpt 9
I take one last look at the battling figures, the bloody ground, to harden my resolve, and then slide to the ground.
Chpt 19
Am still resolved to.
Chpt 27

resolved = determined (having firm purpose or having firmly decided)

Definitions:

(1) (resolve as in: I resolved to stop drinking.)
to decide -- typically a firm or formal decision

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.
(2) (resolve as in: This committee hereby resolves...)
make a decision or voice an opinion by formal group vote
(3) (resolve as in: Her resolve weakened.)
firmness of purpose (strong determination to do something)
(4) (resolve as in: How was the problem resolved?)
to solve a problem, settle a disagreement, or for a situation to change
(5) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Less commonly, resolve can mean:
- to make clearly visible -- as in "The microscope cannot resolve that level of detail."
- to divide into parts -- as in "The problem resolves into three parts,"or (math) "Resolve the polynomial into factors," or (chemistry) "As the temperature changes, the compound resolves into its component parts," or (physics) "The force on the inclined plane resolves into horizontal and vertical components."
- reduce or convert into something else -- as in "The URL is resolved to an IP address," or (music) "The progression is resolved as the dissonance is replaced by consonance."