solvev.

Brit.

/sɒlv/, U.S.

/sɑlv/

Forms: Also Middle English solvyn, 1500s–1600s solue.

Etymology: < Latin solvĕre to loosen, dissolve. So Spanish solver, Portuguese solver, Italian solvere.

†1. transitive. To loosen; to break. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > discontinue

solvec1450

to let pass1530

stay1538

to leave down1548

quita1681

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)] > loosen or weaken the attachment of

unfastena1250

unlacec1330

loosec1400

solvec1450

unsettle1598

unfix1600

uncement1639

discardinate1648

loosen1667

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 254 And on þis maner þai war wunt..for to solve þer faste.

c1450 J. Lydgate Secrees 1259 Afftir the sesouns Solve flewm brennyng or moysture.

†2.

a. To unbind, untie. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

unknitOE

solvec1440

unfret1496

unknot1571

delace1581

untie1581

disbinda1638

unscure1749

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 464/1 Solvyn, supra in onbyyndyn.

c1460 Promptorium Parvulorum (Winch.) 322 Onbyyndyn, or solvyn, soluo.

1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Solue, to vntie.

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Solve, to loosen, or undo.

†b. To absolve. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > be exempt from (a liability or obligation) [verb (transitive)] > free from obligation

freeeOE

unbind1297

quitclaima1325

acquit1340

excuse1340

loose1340

releasec1350

assoil1366

soilc1384

dischargea1387

quita1387

relieve1416

absoil1440

deliver1440

acquittance1448

quiet1450

acquiet1453

absolve?a1475

defease1475

skill1481

relax1511

redeema1513

exoner1533

exonerate1548

solvec1550

distask1592

disgage1594

upsolve1601

disoblige1603

disengage1611

to get off1623

exclude1632

supersedea1644

to let off1814

to let out1869

c1550 J. Bale Image Both Churches (new ed.) ii. sig. h.iij^v Wythout the blynd bussynges of a papyste, may no synne be solued.

a. To explain, clear up, resolve, answer. Also reflexive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > answer > answer [verb (transitive)] > solve

soil1382

solve?1541

resolve1577

answer1579

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > find solution, solve [verb (transitive)]

findOE

assoilc1374

soil1382

contrive1393

to find outc1405

resolvea1438

absolvea1525

solute?1531

solve?1541

dissolve1549

get1559

salvec1571

to beat out1577

sort1581

explicate1582

untiea1586

loose1596

unsolve1631

cracka1640

unscruple1647

metagrobolize1653

to puzzle out1717

to work out1719

to get around ——1803

to dope out1906

lick1946

to get out1951

?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens iv. sig. Mj In the fyrste partycle is moued & solued certayne questyons.

1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 69 Solving all objections gathered out of their obscurer sayings against Catholic doctrine.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 570 That Theban Monster that propos'd Her riddle, and him, who solv'd it not, devour'd.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. ii. 19 He was then deep in a Problem, and we attended at least an Hour, before he could solve it.

1777 J. Priestley Disquis. Matter & Spirit xviii. 236 This writer..suggests another method of solving this difficulty.

1841 G. Borrow Zincali II. iii. 119 The following consideration will help to solve this point.

1855 C. Kingsley Lett. (1878) I. 455 The problem of life..solves itself so very soon at best by death.

1885 F. Temple Relations Relig. & Sci. v. 147 It leaves questions to be solved some of which have not been solved yet.

†b. = salve v.² 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > theory > be explanatory [verb (transitive)]

solve1621

salve1625

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > systematic knowledge, science > make scientific [verb (transitive)] > explain scientifically

expound1375

solve1621

salve1625

to solve a phenomenon1625

to save the appearances1667

physiologize1678

the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > hypothesis > form a hypothesis [verb (transitive)] > explain by hypothesis

solve1621

salve1625

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. iii. 328 [H]e hath coyned 72 Homocentrickes, to solue all apparances.

1760 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances (ed. 2) I. 269 On account of solving Appearances to her Nicety.

c. Mathematics. To find the answer or solution to (a problem, etc.); to work out.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > mathematics > calculate or solve [verb (transitive)]

rimeeOE

calcule1377

numbera1382

accounta1387

casta1400

calk1401

computate1449

suppute?a1475

reckona1513

to cast up1539

yield1542

supputate1555

practise?a1560

calculate1570

compute1579

work1582

quantulate1610

resolve1613

find1714

to work out1719

solve1737

to figure out1854

1737 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 675/2 There must be found one Condition more to solve the Question, or to reduce it to only one unknown Quantity.

1806 C. Hutton Course Math. (ed. 5) I. 247 The general method of solving quadratic equations, is by what is called completing the square.

1828 Moore's Pract. Navigator (ed. 20) 115 How to solve compound courses, or a traverse, has already been shown in Plane Sailing.

1878 H. P. Gurney Crystallogr. 119 Anyone who can solve a spherical triangle will have no difficulty.

4. To clear off; to pay or discharge.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > pay debt [verb (transitive)]

quit?c1225

acquita1250

to pay up1434

satisfy1437

discharge1439

defease1480

persolve1548

solve1558

defray1576

affray1584

clear1600

to pay off1607

extinguish1630

to lay downa1640

wipe1668

settle1688

sink1694

retrieve1711

to clear up1726

balance1740

liquidate1755

to clear off1766

square1821

amortize1830

1558 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) Table 1 The Bookes solved as the Dischardge thereof maye appeare in the saide Booke.

1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 564 Summes of money..to be solued to the Publicans of the Ecclesiasticall Roman Tribute.

1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Metamorphoses 219 Minos returned to his Curetan home, And solved his vows.

1874 Contemp. Rev. 24 122 Estates in Hertfordshire..were able to pay £17,509..towards solving the debt.

5. To dissolve, put an end to, settle.

ΚΠ

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 55 Hee..would..solve high dispute With conjugal Caresses.

1701 R. Steele Christian Hero 91 An Army, whose Swords can make right in Power, and solve controversy in Belief.

a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 86 These the sounds that chase unholy strife! Solve envy's charm.

6. To dissolve; to melt. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > make liquid [verb (transitive)]

resolvea1398

flow1413

distilc1470

flux1477

liquefy1547

cut1578

uncrud1598

illiquefact1599

resolve1604

infuse1607

egelidate1609

eliquate1621

liquidate1656

diffude1657

liquate1669

colliquate1680

solve1794

liquidize1837

fluidify1849

the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dissolving > dissolve [verb (transitive)]

melteOE

defy1393

dissolvea1475

decoct1540

remiss?1541

liquefy1547

solve1794

1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. I. ix. 378 It will be easily solved in hot water.

1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 17 The electric touch solved both our souls together.

1852 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 13 i. 170 The plant (grass) that takes up the material solved takes up the water also.

1880 Paper & Printing Trades Jrnl. xxxi. 4 Solve next a small quantity of bichromate of potassa in distilled water.

Derivatives

solved adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dissolving > [adjective] > dissolved

resolute?a1425

relented?1440

decoct1540

decocted?c1599

solved1662

dissolved1707

solute1890

1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 309 The solved flowre of Sulphur.

1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 309 The solved Body of Sulphur it self.

1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters ii. 164 The solvent and solved both concur in producing these effects in the water.

1852 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 13 i. 170 As long as the water is kept in motion it carries its solved substances with it.

ˈsolving n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > solution, explanation

soilingc1380

solutionc1384

invention1484

resolutiona1500

dissolution1549

way1574

resolvea1630

solving1706

solve1780

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [noun]

soilingc1380

solutionc1420

invention1484

resolutiona1500

soluting1534

satisfactiona1569

assoil1589

assoiling1619

assoilmenta1680

solving1706

problem-solving1854

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [adjective]

solving1847

problem-solving1854

solvent1872

the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dissolving > [adjective]

resolutivea1400

resolvative1577

resolutative1582

solvent1686

resolvent1732

solutive1732

soluble1846

diluent1878

solving1883

1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. i Solución,..the Solving of a Question.

1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 197 My servant Death with solving rite Pours finite into infinite.

1883 J. M. Fleming Old Violins 273 Its presence does not injure the solving power of the alcohol.

1895 Athenæum 25 May 665/2 The solving of the vexed questions that beset us.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	solve
释义	solven. Etymology: < solve v. Malone's alteration of solye = soyle : see soil n.⁵ Solution. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > solution, explanation soilingc1380 solutionc1384 invention1484 resolutiona1500 dissolution1549 way1574 resolvea1630 solving1706 solve1780 1780 E. Malone Shakespeare's Sonnets lxix, in Suppl. Shakespeare's Plays I. 637 The solve is this—that thou dost common grow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2018). solvev. Brit. /sɒlv/, U.S. /sɑlv/ Forms: Also Middle English solvyn, 1500s–1600s solue. Etymology: < Latin solvĕre to loosen, dissolve. So Spanish solver, Portuguese solver, Italian solvere. †1. transitive. To loosen; to break. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > discontinue solvec1450 to let pass1530 stay1538 to leave down1548 quita1681 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)] > loosen or weaken the attachment of unfastena1250 unlacec1330 loosec1400 solvec1450 unsettle1598 unfix1600 uncement1639 discardinate1648 loosen1667 c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 254 And on þis maner þai war wunt..for to solve þer faste. c1450 J. Lydgate Secrees 1259 Afftir the sesouns Solve flewm brennyng or moysture. †2. a. To unbind, untie. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)] > untie unknitOE solvec1440 unfret1496 unknot1571 delace1581 untie1581 disbinda1638 unscure1749 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 464/1 Solvyn, supra in onbyyndyn. c1460 Promptorium Parvulorum (Winch.) 322 Onbyyndyn, or solvyn, soluo. 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Solue, to vntie. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Solve, to loosen, or undo. †b. To absolve. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > be exempt from (a liability or obligation) [verb (transitive)] > free from obligation freeeOE unbind1297 quitclaima1325 acquit1340 excuse1340 loose1340 releasec1350 assoil1366 soilc1384 dischargea1387 quita1387 relieve1416 absoil1440 deliver1440 acquittance1448 quiet1450 acquiet1453 absolve?a1475 defease1475 skill1481 relax1511 redeema1513 exoner1533 exonerate1548 solvec1550 distask1592 disgage1594 upsolve1601 disoblige1603 disengage1611 to get off1623 exclude1632 supersedea1644 to let off1814 to let out1869 c1550 J. Bale Image Both Churches (new ed.) ii. sig. h.iij^v Wythout the blynd bussynges of a papyste, may no synne be solued. 3. a. To explain, clear up, resolve, answer. Also reflexive. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > answer > answer [verb (transitive)] > solve soil1382 solve?1541 resolve1577 answer1579 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > find solution, solve [verb (transitive)] findOE assoilc1374 soil1382 contrive1393 to find outc1405 resolvea1438 absolvea1525 solute?1531 solve?1541 dissolve1549 get1559 salvec1571 to beat out1577 sort1581 explicate1582 untiea1586 loose1596 unsolve1631 cracka1640 unscruple1647 metagrobolize1653 to puzzle out1717 to work out1719 to get around ——1803 to dope out1906 lick1946 to get out1951 ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens iv. sig. Mj In the fyrste partycle is moued & solued certayne questyons. 1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 69 Solving all objections gathered out of their obscurer sayings against Catholic doctrine. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 570 That Theban Monster that propos'd Her riddle, and him, who solv'd it not, devour'd. View more context for this quotation 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. ii. 19 He was then deep in a Problem, and we attended at least an Hour, before he could solve it. 1777 J. Priestley Disquis. Matter & Spirit xviii. 236 This writer..suggests another method of solving this difficulty. 1841 G. Borrow Zincali II. iii. 119 The following consideration will help to solve this point. 1855 C. Kingsley Lett. (1878) I. 455 The problem of life..solves itself so very soon at best by death. 1885 F. Temple Relations Relig. & Sci. v. 147 It leaves questions to be solved some of which have not been solved yet. †b. = salve v.² 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > theory > be explanatory [verb (transitive)] solve1621 salve1625 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > systematic knowledge, science > make scientific [verb (transitive)] > explain scientifically expound1375 solve1621 salve1625 to solve a phenomenon1625 to save the appearances1667 physiologize1678 the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > hypothesis > form a hypothesis [verb (transitive)] > explain by hypothesis solve1621 salve1625 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. iii. 328 [H]e hath coyned 72 Homocentrickes, to solue all apparances. 1760 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances (ed. 2) I. 269 On account of solving Appearances to her Nicety. c. Mathematics. To find the answer or solution to (a problem, etc.); to work out. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematics > calculate or solve [verb (transitive)] rimeeOE calcule1377 numbera1382 accounta1387 casta1400 calk1401 computate1449 suppute?a1475 reckona1513 to cast up1539 yield1542 supputate1555 practise?a1560 calculate1570 compute1579 work1582 quantulate1610 resolve1613 find1714 to work out1719 solve1737 to figure out1854 1737 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 675/2 There must be found one Condition more to solve the Question, or to reduce it to only one unknown Quantity. 1806 C. Hutton Course Math. (ed. 5) I. 247 The general method of solving quadratic equations, is by what is called completing the square. 1828 Moore's Pract. Navigator (ed. 20) 115 How to solve compound courses, or a traverse, has already been shown in Plane Sailing. 1878 H. P. Gurney Crystallogr. 119 Anyone who can solve a spherical triangle will have no difficulty. 4. To clear off; to pay or discharge. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > pay debt [verb (transitive)] quit?c1225 acquita1250 to pay up1434 satisfy1437 discharge1439 defease1480 persolve1548 solve1558 defray1576 affray1584 clear1600 to pay off1607 extinguish1630 to lay downa1640 wipe1668 settle1688 sink1694 retrieve1711 to clear up1726 balance1740 liquidate1755 to clear off1766 square1821 amortize1830 1558 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) Table 1 The Bookes solved as the Dischardge thereof maye appeare in the saide Booke. 1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 564 Summes of money..to be solued to the Publicans of the Ecclesiasticall Roman Tribute. 1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Metamorphoses 219 Minos returned to his Curetan home, And solved his vows. 1874 Contemp. Rev. 24 122 Estates in Hertfordshire..were able to pay £17,509..towards solving the debt. 5. To dissolve, put an end to, settle. ΚΠ 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 55 Hee..would..solve high dispute With conjugal Caresses. View more context for this quotation 1701 R. Steele Christian Hero 91 An Army, whose Swords can make right in Power, and solve controversy in Belief. a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 86 These the sounds that chase unholy strife! Solve envy's charm. 6. To dissolve; to melt. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > make liquid [verb (transitive)] resolvea1398 flow1413 distilc1470 flux1477 liquefy1547 cut1578 uncrud1598 illiquefact1599 resolve1604 infuse1607 egelidate1609 eliquate1621 liquidate1656 diffude1657 liquate1669 colliquate1680 solve1794 liquidize1837 fluidify1849 the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dissolving > dissolve [verb (transitive)] melteOE defy1393 dissolvea1475 decoct1540 remiss?1541 liquefy1547 solve1794 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. I. ix. 378 It will be easily solved in hot water. 1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 17 The electric touch solved both our souls together. 1852 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 13 i. 170 The plant (grass) that takes up the material solved takes up the water also. 1880 Paper & Printing Trades Jrnl. xxxi. 4 Solve next a small quantity of bichromate of potassa in distilled water. Derivatives solved adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dissolving > [adjective] > dissolved resolute?a1425 relented?1440 decoct1540 decocted?c1599 solved1662 dissolved1707 solute1890 1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 309 The solved flowre of Sulphur. 1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 309 The solved Body of Sulphur it self. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters ii. 164 The solvent and solved both concur in producing these effects in the water. 1852 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 13 i. 170 As long as the water is kept in motion it carries its solved substances with it. ˈsolving n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > solution, explanation soilingc1380 solutionc1384 invention1484 resolutiona1500 dissolution1549 way1574 resolvea1630 solving1706 solve1780 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [noun] soilingc1380 solutionc1420 invention1484 resolutiona1500 soluting1534 satisfactiona1569 assoil1589 assoiling1619 assoilmenta1680 solving1706 problem-solving1854 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [adjective] solving1847 problem-solving1854 solvent1872 the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dissolving > [adjective] resolutivea1400 resolvative1577 resolutative1582 solvent1686 resolvent1732 solutive1732 soluble1846 diluent1878 solving1883 1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. i Solución,..the Solving of a Question. 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 197 My servant Death with solving rite Pours finite into infinite. 1883 J. M. Fleming Old Violins 273 Its presence does not injure the solving power of the alcohol. 1895 Athenæum 25 May 665/2 The solving of the vexed questions that beset us. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1780v.c1440
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solven.

solvev.

Derivatives