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resolvable

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re·solve  (r-zlv)
v. re·solved, re·solv·ing, re·solves
v.tr.
1. To make a firm decision about.
2. To cause (a person) to reach a decision. See Synonyms at decide.
3. To decide or express by formal vote.
4. To change or convert: My resentment resolved itself into resignation.
5. To find a solution to; solve. See Synonyms at solve.
6. To remove or dispel (doubts).
7. To bring to a usually successful conclusion: resolve a conflict.
8. Medicine To cause reduction of (an inflammation, for example).
9. Music To cause (a tone or chord) to progress from dissonance to consonance.
10. Chemistry To separate (an optically inactive compound or mixture) into its optically active constituents.
11. To render parts of (an image) visible and distinct.
12. Mathematics To separate (a vector, for example) into coordinate components.
13. To melt or dissolve (something).
14. Archaic To separate (something) into constituent parts.
v.intr.
1. To reach a decision or make a determination: resolve on a course of action.
2. To become separated or reduced to constituents.
3. Music To undergo resolution.
n.
1. Firmness of purpose; resolution.
2. A determination or decision; a fixed purpose.
3. A formal resolution made by a deliberative body.

[Middle English resolven, to dissolve, from Old French resolver, from Latin resolvere, to untie : re-, re- + solvere, to untie; see leu- in Indo-European roots.]

re·solva·bili·ty, re·solva·ble·ness n.
re·solva·ble adj.
re·solved·ly (-zlvd-l) adv.
re·solver n.

resolvable [rɪˈzɒlvəbəl], resoluble
adj
able to be resolved or analysed
resolvability , resolubility, resolvableness, resolubleness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.resolvable - capable of being solved; "such problems are perfectly solvable"
soluble - susceptible of solution or of being solved or explained; "the puzzle is soluble"
2.resolvable - capable of being settled or resolved; "all disputed points are potentially resolvable"; "a resolvable quarrel"
reconcilable - capable of being reconciled; "her way of thinking is reconcilable with mine"
Translations
resolvable [rɪˈzɒlvəbl] ADJsoluble
resolvable
adj
problem, conflict, crisislösbar; doubtzerstreubar; a dispute/an issue which is not resolvableein Streit m, → der nicht beigelegt/ein Thema nt, → das nicht geklärt werden kann
(into elements) → zerlegbar; (= convertible)auflösbar


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From these, in a narrow and a dirty street devoted to such callings, Mr Wegg selects one dark shop-window with a tallow candle dimly burning in it, surrounded by a muddle of objects vaguely resembling pieces of leather and dry stick, but among which nothing is resolvable into anything distinct, save the candle itself in its old tin candlestick, and two preserved frogs fighting a small- sword duel.
 
 
 
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