Solve

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Solve \Solve\ (s[o^]lv), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Solved}
     (s[o^]lvd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Solving}.] [L. solvere, solutum;
     from a prefix so- expressing separation (cf. {Sober}) + luere
     to loosen; cf. OF. soldre, soudre. See {Loose}, and cf.
     {Absolve}.]
     To explain; to resolve; to unfold; to clear up (what is


     obscure or difficult to be understood); to work out to a
     result or conclusion; as, to solve a doubt; to solve
     difficulties; to solve a problem.
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           True piety would effectually solve such scruples.
                                                    --South.
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           God shall solve the dark decrees of fate. --Tickell.
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     Syn: To explain; resolve; unfold; clear up.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Solve \Solve\, n.
     A solution; an explanation. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  solve
       v 1: find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand
            the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out
            your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation
            isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did
            you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math
            problem" [syn: {work out}, {figure out}, {puzzle out}, {lick},
             {work}]
       2: find the solution; "solve an equation"; "solve for x" [syn:
          {resolve}]
       3: settle, as of a debt; "clear a debt"; "solve an old debt"
          [syn: {clear}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  107 Moby Thesaurus words for "solve":
     account for, allegorize, answer, bottom, break, cipher, clarify,
     clear up, colliquate, crack, cut, debug, decide, decipher,
     decoagulate, decoct, decode, deliquesce, demonstrate,
     demythologize, determine, disentangle, dissolve, divine, do, dope,
     dope out, elucidate, enlighten, euhemerize, exemplify, explain,
     explain away, explicate, exposit, expound, fathom, figure out,
     find out, find the answer, find the solution, fix, fluidify,
     fluidize, flux, fuse, get, get right, give reason for,
     give the meaning, guess, guess right, have it, hit it,
     hold in solution, illuminate, illustrate, infuse, interpret, leach,
     liquefy, liquesce, liquidize, lixiviate, make clear, make out,
     make plain, melt, melt down, open the lock, percolate, plumb,
     popularize, psych, psych out, puzzle out, rationalize, ravel,
     ravel out, resolve, reveal, riddle, run, settle, shed light upon,
     show, show how, show the way, simplify, solubilize, sort out,
     spell out, thaw, thin, throw light upon, unclot, undo, unfold,
     unlock, unravel, unriddle, unscramble, untangle, untwist, unweave,
     work, work out
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Solve
       
          Parallel object-oriented language.  "Message Pattern
          Specifications: A New Technique for Handling Errors in
          Parallel Object- Oriented Systems", J.A. Purchase et al,
          SIGPLAN Notices 25(10):116-125 (OOPSLA/ECOOP '90) (Oct 1990).