"resolven" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Middle English]

IPA: /rɛːˈzɔlvən/, /rɛːˈsɔlvən/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin resolvō, resolvere; equivalent to re- + solven. Compare resolucioun. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|la|resolvo|resolvō, resolvere}} Latin resolvō, resolvere, {{af|enm|re-|solven}} re- + solven Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} resolven, {{enm-verb|stem=resolv}} resolven (third-person singular simple present resolveth, present participle resolvende, resolvynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle resolved) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|solv|pf=re}} Forms: resolveth [present, singular, third-person], resolvende [participle, present], resolvynge [participle, present], resolved [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], resolven [infinitive], to resolven [infinitive], resolve [infinitive], resolve [first-person, present, singular], resolved [first-person, past, singular], resolvest [present, second-person, singular], resolvedest [past, second-person, singular], resolveth [present, singular, third-person], resolved [past, singular, third-person], resolve [present, singular, subjunctive], resolved [past, singular, subjunctive], resolve [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], resolven [plural, present], resolve [plural, present], resolveden [past, plural], resolvede [past, plural], resolveth [imperative, plural, present], resolve [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], resolvynge [participle, present], resolvende [participle, present], resolved [participle, past], resolve [alternative]
  1. To transmute; to change state:
    To cause to disintegrate or decompose.
    Sense id: en-resolven-enm-verb-GaugTsET Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 18 18 18 9 12 9 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 24 24 3 3 3 19
  2. To transmute; to change state:
    To cause to melt or evanesce.
    Sense id: en-resolven-enm-verb-oCJXRw19 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 18 18 18 9 12 9 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 24 24 3 3 3 19
  3. To transmute; to change state:
    To dissolve or intermix.
    Sense id: en-resolven-enm-verb-1rvP55ZH Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 18 18 18 9 12 9 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 24 24 3 3 3 19
  4. (by extension) To destroy or end. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-resolven-enm-verb-GYWkck3Z
  5. To unbind (usually the soul from the body)
    Sense id: en-resolven-enm-verb-K9dwE7hW Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 18 18 18 9 12 9 16
  6. (writing, mathematics) To put into an intelligible form.
    Sense id: en-resolven-enm-verb-BJGuMPIj Categories (other): Mathematics, Writing Topics: communications, journalism, literature, mathematics, media, publishing, sciences, writing
  7. (medicine) To cause softening.
    Sense id: en-resolven-enm-verb-4PEpqfXq Categories (other): Medicine, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms prefixed with re-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Matter Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 18 18 18 9 12 9 16 Disambiguation of Middle English terms prefixed with re-: 16 16 12 8 11 13 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 15 14 8 10 16 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 24 24 3 3 3 19 Disambiguation of Matter: 15 18 11 6 7 5 38 Topics: medicine, sciences

Alternative forms

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        "To transmute; to change state:",
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        "To transmute; to change state:",
        "To dissolve or intermix."
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        "To destroy or end."
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          "end"
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        "(by extension) To destroy or end."
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        "To unbind (usually the soul from the body)"
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        "To put into an intelligible form."
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        "(writing, mathematics) To put into an intelligible form."
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        "To cause softening."
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        "(medicine) To cause softening."
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/rɛːˈzɔlvən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/rɛːˈsɔlvən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "resolven"
}
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "present"
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        "plural",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "resolveden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "resolvede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "resolveth",
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      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "resolve",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "resolvynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "resolvende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "resolved",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "resolve",
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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To transmute; to change state:",
        "To cause to disintegrate or decompose."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transmute",
          "transmute"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ],
        [
          "disintegrate",
          "disintegrate"
        ],
        [
          "decompose",
          "decompose"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To transmute; to change state:",
        "To cause to melt or evanesce."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transmute",
          "transmute"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ],
        [
          "melt",
          "melt"
        ],
        [
          "evanesce",
          "evanesce"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To transmute; to change state:",
        "To dissolve or intermix."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transmute",
          "transmute"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ],
        [
          "dissolve",
          "dissolve"
        ],
        [
          "intermix",
          "intermix"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To destroy or end."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "destroy",
          "destroy"
        ],
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) To destroy or end."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To unbind (usually the soul from the body)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unbind",
          "unbind"
        ],
        [
          "soul",
          "soul#English"
        ],
        [
          "body",
          "body#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "enm:Mathematics",
        "enm:Writing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To put into an intelligible form."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "writing",
          "writing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "put",
          "put"
        ],
        [
          "intelligible",
          "intelligible"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(writing, mathematics) To put into an intelligible form."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "communications",
        "journalism",
        "literature",
        "mathematics",
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "sciences",
        "writing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "enm:Medicine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause softening."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "soften",
          "soften"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine) To cause softening."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/rɛːˈzɔlvən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/rɛːˈsɔlvən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "resolven"
}

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