All 9 Uses

resolve
in
Pudd'nhead Wilson
(Edited)

With Scotch patience and pluck he resolved to live down his reputation and work his way into the legal field yet.
Chpt 2

resolved = decided
She resolved to make her death toilet perfect.
Chpt 3
Roxy had no home now; so she resolved to go around and say good-by to her friends and then clear out and see the world—
Chpt 4 *

resolved = definitely decided
She resolved to go to her birthplace; she had friends there among the Negros, and the unfortunate always help the unfortunate, she was well aware of that; those lowly comrades of her youth would not let her starve.
Chpt 8

resolved = decided
He woke at dawn with one more repetition of this horror, and then he resolved to meddle no more with that treacherous sleep.
Chpt 10
I reckon that when he resolved to fight, himself, he thought he might get killed and not have a chance to forgive me any more in this life, so he made the will again, and I've seen it, and it's all right.
Chpt 14
They were so pleased that they gave the regulation thirty days' notice, the required preparation for citizenship, and resolved to finish their days in this pleasant place.
Chpt 15
He was loath to withdraw his faith from the twins, and was resolved not to do it on the present indecisive evidence; but—well, he would think, and then decide how to act.
Chpt 15 *

resolved = determined (having firm intent)
Tom scored his accounts, and resolved to keep to the very letter of his reform, and never to put that will in jeopardy again.
Chpt 16

resolved = 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."