resolven
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin resolvō, resolvere; equivalent to re- + solven. Compare resolucioun.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
resolven (third-person singular simple present resolveth, present participle resolvende, resolvynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle resolved)
- To transmute; to change state:
- (by extension) To destroy or end.
- To unbind (usually the soul from the body)
- (writing, mathematics) To put into an intelligible form.
- (medicine) To cause softening.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of resolven (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants[edit]
- English: resolve
References[edit]
- “resolven, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.