All 4 Uses of
resolve
in
The Chrysalids
- It was so heavy a promise that I was quite resolved to keep it completely — even from my cousin, Rosalind.†
Chpt 1
- For me, the feeling that I was being kept unaware of something afoot was unresolved until there came a night when a baby howled.†
Chpt 7 *
- I had a sort of feeling that she'd already resolved at the back of her mind that she'd have to help me one day, when the time came, and she did.'†
Chpt 12
- Now that it was resolved, I was glad to be safely away, and I told him so.†
Chpt 14 *
Definitions:
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(resolve as in: How was the problem resolved?) to solve a problem, settle a disagreement, or for a situation to change
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(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.