resolven

See also: 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)

1. To transmute; to change state:
   1. To cause to disintegrate or decompose.
   2. To cause to melt or evanesce.
   3. To dissolve or intermix.
2. (by extension) To destroy or end.
3. To unbind (usually the soul from the body)
4. (writing, mathematics) To put into an intelligible form.
5. (medicine) To cause softening.

Conjugation

Conjugation of resolven (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) resolven, resolve
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	resolve	resolved
2nd-person singular	resolvest	resolvedest
3rd-person singular	resolveth	resolved
subjunctive singular	resolve
imperative singular		—
plural1	resolven, resolve	resolveden, resolvede
imperative plural	resolveth, resolve	—
participles	resolvynge, resolvende	resolved

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: resolve

References

• “resolven, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.