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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Resolver, n. [17th and 18th c. Eng. = one who answers a question (1609), one who makes a resolve (1749), also ME (once, c1400) and 17th c. Eng. resoluer(e a resolvent substance; Resolve v.] a. One who makes a resolve. b. = (Public) Resolutioner n. —a. 1681 Stair Inst. iii ii § 3.
Resolution terminates within the resolver, and may be dissolved by a contrary resolution, and so transmits no right —b. c1679 Kirkton Hist. 54.
Also the division of the church betwixt protesters and resolvers continued … for six or seven years
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