† irresolven.
Obsolete. rare.
An incompleted resolve.
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] > irresolute plan or measure
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1769 R. Griffith Gordian Knot lxxxvii, in R. Griffith & E. Griffith Two Novels IV. 115 After forming many irresolves, I, at last, thought it most prudent to acquiesce in my misfortune.
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n.1769- to take up for
- to take up for hawks
- to take up for hawks' meat
- to take up house
- to take up in
- to take up in trust
- to take up one's indentures
- to take up one's inn
- to take up one's inns
- to take up one's livery
- to take up one's parable
- to take up one's pen
- to take up one's quarters
- to take up one's residence
- to take up one's station
- to take up parable
- to take up residence
- to take up roost
- to take up savings
- to take up short
- to take up station
- to take up the ball
- to take up the bucklers
- to take up the cudgels
- to take up the gauntlet