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Resolut(e, adj. (n.). Also: ri(s)- and -solat, -sulat. [ME resolute dissolved (c1420), friable (c1420), dissolute (a1450), (of rents) paid (c1466), also in e.m.E. = determinate (1501), determined (1579), L. resolūt-, p.p. stem of resolvere Resolve v.]See the note to Resolve v.

A. adj. 1. Of a person: a. Determined; having reached a firm decision; firm of purpose; constant. 1521 Acts XII 40/1.
We ar resolute that … we will … tak oure aventure of pece or were
1531 Bell. 1531 Boece II 483.
He was na les resolute in every science, than he had bene perpetually occupyit bot in ane: for he was weil lernit to fecht … and was ane expert medicinar [etc.]
Id. Livy I 155/24.
Thai war all resolute of ane mynde, to put ane end als sone to thare ciete as to thare liberte
1581 Burne Disput. 62.
Sua … ȝe be resolut to cast thame [sc. the kirks] all doune
c1600 Montg. Suppl. ix 105.
Ȝe … Most rissolut expell[t] my suite In termis hie

5. Decided, resolved, having come to a resolution with regard to (vith, of) a matter of disputation, question, etc. a1561 Q. Kennedy Breif Tract. (ed.) 134/33.
Ve haue hed iust occasione … tilbe resolut and satifyet vith the first hede and part of our disputacione …, Now restes to considder [etc.]
1581 Burne Disput. 116b.
I vald glaidlie be resolute of ane quæstion vith ȝou
Ib. in 1573-1600 Cath. Tr. 148/1.
Sua [they] vald be na mair resolut be the iudgement of the bellis nor thay var befoir

c. = a or b above. 1588 Prot. Bk. J. Robertson 46b.
And I beand resulat and at lynth awisit with the said requisitioun and als … seikand trew knawlage [etc.]

2. Of an answer: Positive, definite, final. 1531 Bell. 1531 Boece I iv.
Mony … epistillis, contenand … morall doctrinis with sa resolute and degest responses, that [etc.]
1550 Corr. M. Lorraine 323.
I haif nocht gottin as yit ane resolat ansuer fra the kingis grace of your grace wretingis
1560 Waus Corr. 21.
Anent this poinct off the courte ye plais send me sowm risolut ansowr
1586 Conv. Burghs I 214.
The … commissioneris com nocht fullie instructed to geve resolute ansuer to thair … supplicatioun
1598 James VI Minor Prose 63/36.
He then conueened them to giue them a resolute grant of their demand
1645 Cockburnspath Baron Ct. 10 Nov.
They … wer content to giwe ane resolute answer to the laird

B. ? noun. (Persons) resolute or constant (in religious faith). 1578 Edinb. Test. VI 190b.
I … sall … heir that confortabill voce that he hes promeist to resolat saying cum vnto me

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