figure vs resolve

figure

verb
  • To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem. 

  • To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize. 

  • To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords. 

  • To enter into; to be a part of. 

  • To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon. 

  • To embellish with design; to adorn with figures. 

  • To embellish. 

  • To come to understand. 

  • To be reasonable. 

noun
  • A visible pattern as in wood or cloth. 

  • A number, an amount. 

  • A drawing or diagram conveying information. 

  • A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body. 

  • A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment. 

  • The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term. 

  • A figure of speech. 

  • The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person. 

  • A person or thing representing a certain consciousness. 

  • A numeral. 

  • A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses. 

  • Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression. 

  • The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body. 

  • A shape. 

  • Any complex dance moveᵂ. 

resolve

verb
  • To find a solution to (a problem). 

  • To make a firm decision to do something. 

  • To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle. 

  • To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain. 

  • To cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance. 

  • To render visible or distinguishable the parts of something. 

  • To find the IP address of a hostname, or the entity referred to by a symbol in source code; to look up. 

  • To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain. 

  • To come to an agreement or make peace; patch up relationship, settle differences, bury the hatchet. 

  • To melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften (a solid). 

  • To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state. 

  • To melt; to dissolve; to become liquid. 

  • To separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers. 

noun
  • A determination to do something; a fixed decision. 

  • It took all my resolve to go through with the surgery. 

  • Determination; will power. 

  • An act of resolving something; resolution. 

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