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solver

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solve  (slv, sôlv)
v. solved, solv·ing, solves
v.tr.
1. To find a solution to.
2. To work out a correct solution to (a problem).
v.intr.
To solve an equation: Insert the values of the constants and solve for x.

[Middle English solven, to loosen, from Latin solvere; see leu- in Indo-European roots.]

solver n.
Synonyms: solve, decipher, resolve, unravel
These verbs mean to clear up or explain something puzzling or unintelligible: solve a riddle; can't decipher your handwriting; resolve a problem; unravel a mystery.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.solversolver - a thinker who focuses on the problem as stated and tries to synthesize information and knowledge to achieve a solution
thinker - someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision)
Translations
solver [ˈsɒlvəʳ] Nsolucionista mf


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I was strangely surprised at this question; and, after all, though I was now an old man, yet I was but a young doctor, and ill qualified for a casuist or a solver of difficulties; and at first I could not tell what to say; so I pretended not to hear him, and asked him what he said; but he was too earnest for an answer to forget his question, so that he repeated it in the very same broken words as above.
and the solution of it has been repeatedly attempted, with no other result than to crowd our lunatic asylums with the would-be solvers.
 
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