RESOLUTORY
Res"o*lu*to*ry (rz"-l-t-r), a.
Defn: Resolutive. [R.]
RESOLVABILITY
Re*solv`a*bil"i*ty (r-zlv`-bl"-t), n.
Defn: The quality or condition of being resolvable; resolvableness.
RESOLVABLE
Re*solv"a*ble (r-zlv"-b'l), a. Etym: [See Resolve, and cf.
Resoluble.]
Defn: Admitting of being resolved; admitting separation into constituent parts, or reduction to first principles; admitting solution or explanation; as, resolvable compounds; resolvable ideas or difficulties.
RESOLVABLENESS
Re*solv"a*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being resolvable; resolvability.
RESOLVE Re*solve" (r*zlv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resolved (-zlvd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Resolving.] Etym: [L. resolvere, resolutum, to untie, loosen, relax, enfeeble; pref. re- re- + solvere to loosen, dissolve: cf. F. résoudare to resolve. See Solve, and cf. Resolve, v. i., Resolute, Resolution.]
1. To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; — said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve. O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew! Shak. Ye immortal souls, who once were men, And now resolved to elements again. Dryden.