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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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  solving
       n : finding a solution to a problem [syn: {resolution}]

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

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "solving":
     accomplishment, answer, ascertainment, clearing up, cracking,
     decipherment, decoding, denouement, determination, disentanglement,
     end, end result, explanation, finding, finding-out, interpretation,
     issue, outcome, reason, resolution, resolving, result, riddling,
     solution, sorting out, unraveling, unriddling, unscrambling,
     unspinning, untangling, untwisting, unweaving, upshot, working,
     working-out
  
  

















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