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transitive. To dissolve, decompose (= resolve, v. 8a). Also: to condense (= resolve, v. 1b). Only in passive. Obsolete.
With inverted constr.: To affect or act upon (a liquid) by steeping some soluble substance in it; hence, to imbue or inspire (a person or thing) with…