resolucioun
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman resolucion or its etymon Latin resolūtiō, resolūtiōnem; equivalent to re- + solucioun. Compare resolven.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
resolucioun (plural resoluciouns)
- Decomposition, dissolution, splitting:
- (figuratively) Death (as the parting of body and soul)
- (medicine) The decomposition of humours or the ability to cause it.
- (rare) The dispersal of doubt.
Descendants[edit]
- English: resolution
References[edit]
- “resolūciǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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- enm:Death