solve
solve is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To explain; to resolve; to unfold; to clear up out to a result or conclusion; as, to solve a doubt; to solve difficulties; to solve a problem. True piety would effectually solve such scruples. South. God shall solve the dark decrees of fate. Tickell.
- 2.A solution; an explanation. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- acknowledge
- acknowledgment
- alkahest
- answer
- antiphon
- antiphony
- apozem
- because
- cause
- clue
- colliquation
- colliquative
- colliquefaction
- conclusive
- condense
- counter
- deliquation
- deliquesce
- deliquescence
- deliquescent
- determine
- discover
- discovery
- dissolution
- dissolve
- echo
- eureka
- explain
- explanation
- fathom
- flux
- for
- give
- heat
- hold
- hunt
- indication
- infusion
- inquire
- interpret
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is solve.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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