resolute - firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination; "stood resolute against the enemy"; "faced with a resolute opposition"; "a resolute and unshakeable faith"

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He saw plainly enough that Lady Arabella was making a dead set at his master, and he was watchful of the slightest sign of anything which might enhance this knowledge.

The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context

I think that the man is at a dead set who has got through a knot-hole or gateway where his sledge load of furniture cannot follow him.

Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context

I recollect, sir, there was a girl at Dumdum, a daughter of Cutler of the Artillery, and afterwards married to Lance, the surgeon, who made a dead set at me in the year '4--at me and Mulligatawney, whom I mentioned to you before dinner--a devilish good fellow Mulligatawney--he's a magistrate at Budgebudge, and sure to be in council in five years.

Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context

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