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▪ I. ˈresolute, n. rare.
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†1. A payment. Obs.
1534Yorks. Chantry Surv. (Surtees) II. 512 In Resolutes yerely going forthe of the same vs ijd. 1573Abp. Parker Corr. (Parker Soc.) 455 Subsidies, free rents, new-year's gifts, and other such resolutes ccccl. 1610W. Folkingham Art of Survey iv. iv. 84 In this Rancke may be Marshalled al Resolutes, Dechashes, Decrements.
2. A resolute or determined person.
1602Shakes. Ham. i. i. 98 Young Fortinbras..Hath..Shark'd vp a List of Landlesse Resolutes. 1799–1800Coleridge tr. Schiller's Piccolomini i. iii. 62 Many a resolute, who now appears Made up to all extremes.
▪ II. resolute, a. (and pa. pple.)|ˈrɛzəl(j)uːt|
[ad. L. resolūtus, pa. pple. of resolvĕre to resolve. So It., Sp., Pg. resoluto, F. résolu.]
I.
†1. Dissolved. Obs. rare—1.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. i. 1119 For bathis hoot, ammoniak is tolde Right good, with brymstoon resolute.
†2. Of loose texture; friable. Obs. rare.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. iii. 12 Now wold also thi puls be sowen there As thynne, & resolute..hit were. Ibid. iv. 51 Panyk & mylde in hoot & drie is sowe As now. Light resolute lond they desire.
†3. Morally lax, dissolute. Obs. rare—1.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) III. 191 He wente to the cite of Crotines, resolute moche in vertues and in honeste, techenge men, women, and childer vertuous life.
†4. Relaxed, weak, infirm. Obs. rare—1.
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 148 The weak, resolute, or paralytike members being therewith anointed, they are much eased, if not recovered.
II.
†5. Of rents: Paid, rendered. Obs.
c1466in Bedfordsh. N. & Q. (1886) I. 361 Rent resolute to our..lord the kyng, as to his manor of Bycleswade. 1534Liber Regis (1786) p. ix, What annuell..rents..and Fees..ben yerly accustumed to be resolute and paid. 1670Act. 22 Chas. II, c. 6 §9 Allowances to be made of divers Pensions, Portions, Rents Resolute, or other Things of the like Nature.
III. †6. Determinate, decided, positive, absolute, final. Obs.
1501Lett. Rich. III & Hen. VII (Rolls) I. 169 The same commissioners..promysid us..to shewe us the resolute mynde of the said king. 1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 524/2 Wherin what hys finall and resolute sentence is, ye shall..very scantly perceiue. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. xlix. §3 The answere of God was a resolute denyall of favour to them for whom supplication was made. 1606L. Bryskett Civ. Life 122 His resolute opinion in that matter cannot be picked out of his writings.
†b. Esp. resolute answer. (Common in 16th c.)
1513More Rich. III, Wks. 66/1 If he woulde geue them a resolute aunswere to the contrarye. 1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 503 To satisfie this place of S. Paule, here is an easie and a Resolute aunswere. 1629Massinger Picture iv. i, I expect now Your resolute answer: but advise maturely Before I hear it. a1656Hales Gold. Rem. (1688) 420 The Præses eagerly urged them to give their resolute answer.
†7. Of persons: Decided with regard to matters of doubt or opinion. Obs. rare.
1581N. Burne Disput. in Cath. Tract. (S.T.S.) 148 Sua [they] vald be na mair resolut be the iudgement of the bellis, nor thay var befoir. 1631Weever Anc. Funeral Mon. 797 He..got the surname Doctoris resoluti, of Resolute or Resoluing Doctor.
8. Of persons, their minds, etc.: Determined, having a fixed resolve, constant, firm:
a. Const. against, for, in, † to, † upon, and with inf.
1533Bellenden Livy ii. vii. (S.T.S.) I. 155 Þai war all resolute of ane mynde, to put ane end als sone to þare ciete as to þare liberte. 1579Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 134 They would neuer haue ben so dissolute in their life, or so resolute in their owne conceipts. 1634W. Tirwhyt tr. Balzac's Lett. 187, I am determined to continue resolute in well doing. 1670Cotton Espernon i. i. 20 His Majesty..conceiv'd a mortal animosity against him, and was resolute to his ruine. 1715De Foe Fam. Instruct. i. iv. (1841) I. 93 Are you so resolute against yourself? 1719― Crusoe ii. (Globe) 519 Seeing they were resolute for Mischief. 1838Wordsw. Blest Statesman He, Him who holds his ministry, Resolute, at all hazards, to fulfil Its duties. 1874Green Short Hist. vii. §6. 406 If the Queen was resolute for peace, England was resolute for war.
b. Without const., in predicative or attrib. use.
1579–80North Plutarch, Agis & Cleomenes (1657) 666 Agis..shewed himself in his counsell then, no rash, but a resolute and valiant man. 1588Shakes. L.L.L. v. ii. 705 Clo. Ile do it in my shirt. Dum. Most resolute Pompey. 1604T. Wright Passions iii. ii. 84 In most vehement passions the resolutest minds are best prooued. 1652J. Wright tr. Camus' Nat. Paradox 337 Liante..placed himself at the head of this resolute Party. 1729Butler Serm. Wks. 1874 II. 100 A certain determination, and resolute bent of mind, not to be convinced or set right. 1817Shelley Rev. Islam ix. ix, They were few, but resolute. 1863Geo. Eliot Romola xxix, The simple, resolute man looked round him with grave joy.
9. Of actions, etc.: Characterized by determination or firmness of purpose.
1603Shakes. Meas. for M. ii. i. 12 That the resolute acting of [y]our blood Could have attain'd th' effect of your owne purpose. 1632Lithgow Trav. ii. 65 After a most resolute deliberation. 1784Cowper Task v. 619 His master-lust Falls first before his resolute rebuke. 1813Shelley Q. Mab iii. 153 He..leads Invincibly a life of resolute good. 1874Green Short Hist. ii. §8. 101 Young as he was, Henry mounted the throne with a resolute purpose of government.
▪ III. resolute, v. Now U.S.|ˈrɛzəl(j)uːt|
[orig. f. resolūt-, ppl. stem of L. resolvĕre to resolve, but in mod. use a back-formation from resolution.]
†1. refl. To resolve, decide (oneself) upon a person. Obs. rare—1.
a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VIII 184 b, After long debate the kyng resoluted him selfe vpon sir Thomas More [to be his Chancellor].
†2. trans. To resolve, dissolve into something.
1727Bradley Fam. Dict., Hail, a cloudy Vapour resoluted into Water which in the Fall through..the Air is congealed, and so made Hail.
3. U.S. intr. To draw up or pass resolutions.
1860in De Vere Americanisms (1871) 655 When you have done resoluting, you will only have lost your time. 1888Bryce Amer. Commw. v. xc. III. 233 The discontented..flocked every Sunday afternoon to cheer denunciations of corporations and monopolists, and to ‘resolute’ against the rich generally. |