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resolved, ppl. a.|rɪˈzɒlvd|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
1. Of persons: Determined, decided, settled in purpose. Also const. with inf., that, etc.
1520Hen. VIII in Lett. Kings Eng. (Halliw.) I. 246 Whereunto..none of our..ancestors were ever so..determinate resolved as we be at this time. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 6 He was fully resolved to stire up no further disputation. 1611Bible Luke xvi. 4, I am resolued what to doe. 1687T. Brown Saints in Uproar Wks. 1730 I. 83, I am resolved to undeceive mankind. 1737Berington Mem. G. de Lucca (1738) 51 These Considerations made me as good as resolv'd to go along with him. 1760–2Goldsm. Cit. W. xxvii, He was resolved they should have learning. 1819Shelley Cenci iii. i. 341 That word parricide, Although I am resolved, haunts me like fear. 1847C. Brontë J. Eyre xxxv, He was in deep earnest, wrestling with God, and resolved on a conquest.
b. Const. with for, † against, † from, † of (= on).
1582T. Watson Cent. of Love xcvi, I liue secure,.. Fully resolu'd from louing any more. 1639Fuller Holy War iv. xvii. 198 About this time many thousands of the English were resolved for the Holy warre. 1641W. Mountagu in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 289 The Temple is resolved of a Christmas. 1659Hammond On Ps. 610 My enemies are maliciously resolved against me.
†2. Convinced, satisfied. Obs.
1577Whetstone Gascoigne ii, Yet trust me frends.., I am resolu'd, I neuer liu'd til now. 1595Raleigh Discov. Guiana (1887) 106 For mine own part I am resolved it is true. 1608Middleton Trick to catch Old One iii. i, Since you are so well resolved of my faith toward you. 1719D'Urfey Pills (1872) III. 97 Being well resolved that none Could see her Nakedness.
3.
†a. Of the mind, etc.: Freed from doubt or uncertainty; fixed, settled. Obs.
1497Lett. Rich. III & Hen. VII (Rolls) I. 110 Our fynal and resolved mynde is that ye obteyne al thes articles comprised in the second parte. 1578Banister Hist. Man v. 82 To passe this point with a cleare resolued mynde. 1643Sir T. Browne Relig. Med. i. §3, I could never perceive..that a resolved conscience may not adore her Creator anywhere. 1660N. Ingelo Bentiv. & Ur. ii. (1682) 76 It is difficult to suppose that he hath any resolved thoughts concerning God.
b. Of actions, states of mind, etc.: Fully determined upon, deliberate.
1595Shakes. John ii. i. 585 From a resolu'd and honourable warre, To a most base and vile-concluded peace. 1638A. Read Chirurg. xxxi. 230 A doubtfull hope is better than a resolved despaire. 1694Kettlewell Comp. for Penitent 92 Confess them to him with a resolved aversion: being resolved in heart to forsake all. a1716South Serm. (1744) X. 185 A settled, constant, resolved living in sin. 1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right (1899) 13/1 A great and often resolved scheme.
†c. Deliberately adopted or accepted. Obs.
1659Rushw. Hist. Coll. I. 176 They shew that some of the Opinions which offended many, were no other then the resolved Doctrine of this Church.
d. That has been decided on.
1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) VIII. 273 Not a resolved-on case.
4. Of persons, the mind, etc.: Characterized by determination or firmness of purpose; resolute.
1586Marlowe 1st Pt. Tamburl. i. ii, What strong enchantments tice my yielding soul To these resolved, noble Scythians. 1612Drayton Poly-olb. viii. 272 Brave Voadicia made with her resolued'st men To Virolam. 1681H. More Postscr. to Glanvill's Sadducismus (1726) 17 Of whom he is sworn Advocate and resolved Patron, right or wrong. 1749Fielding Tom Jones xvi. iv, Here stands your resolved daughter. 1816Scott Antiq. i, The hat pulled over his resolved brows. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. iii. 207 Men of..broad resolved temper.
Comb.1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer (1891) 202 A subdued, bronzed, resolved-looking man.
†b. Confirmed (in some practice or course). Obs.
1614Raleigh Hist. World ii. (1634) 183 A nation of valiant and resolved Idolaters. 1692Bentley Boyle Lect. ii. 32 No wonder the resolved Atheists do so labour and bestir themselves to fetch Sense and Perception out of the Power of Matter.
†c. Openly or sincerely attached to some party or body. Obs.
1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. vi. §261 Which drove all resolved men from their houses into York, where they only could be safe. 1657Baxter Present Thoughts 33 The one sort were never hearty resolved Christians. 1732Neal Hist. Purit. I. 55 A yoke which some of the most resolved Protestants could not bear.
†5. Melted, dissolved. Obs.
1582T. Watson Cent. of Love lxxvii, Time brings a fludd from newe resolued snowe. 1666Boyle Orig. Formes & Qual. 300 Dropping a little resolv'd salt of Tartar upon the solution of common Sublimate.
†6. Of parts of the body: Soft, relaxed. Obs.
1576Baker Jewell of Health 162 The extenuation of resolved and weake members. 1650Bulwer Anthropomet. 182 Lips are soft and resolved.
7. Separated, broken up, analysed.
1812Woodhouse Astron. xxxiii. (1832) 682 One effect, from a resolved part of the Sun's disturbing force. 1818T. Busby Gram. Mus. 429 There is the resolved Canon, the unresolved Canon. 1868Lockyer Guillemin's Heavens (ed. 3) 397 Another point of resemblance between the resolved globular clusters, and the nebulæ of the same form. |