resolve (resolves plural & 3rd person present) (resolving present participle) (resolved past tense & past participle )
1 verb To resolve a problem, argument, or difficulty means to find a solution to it.
FORMAL We must find a way to resolve these problems before it's too late... V n
2 verb If you resolve to do something, you make a firm decision to do it.
FORMAL She resolved to report the matter to the hospital's nursing manager... V to-inf
She resolved that, if Mimi forgot this promise, she would remind her. V that
3 n-var Resolve is determination to do what you have decided to do.
FORMAL oft N to-inf
(=determination)
This will strengthen the American public's resolve to go to war.