resolven

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === resolve === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin resolvō, resolvere; equivalent to re- +‎ solven. Compare resolucioun. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /rɛːˈzɔlvən/, /rɛːˈsɔlvən/ === Verb === resolven (third-person singular simple present resolveth, present participle resolvende, resolvynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle resolved) To transmute; to change state: To cause to disintegrate or decompose. To cause to melt or evanesce. To dissolve or intermix. (by extension) To destroy or end. To unbind (usually the soul from the body) (writing, mathematics) To put into an intelligible form. (medicine) To cause softening. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: resolve ==== References ==== “resolven, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.