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Solve

//sɑlv// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A solution; an explanation. archaic

    "The solve is this, that thou dost common grow."

Verb
  1. 1
    To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.

    "True piety would effectually solve such scruples."

  2. 2
    find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of wordnet
  3. 3
    to find out the perpetrator, the motive etc (of crime)

    "to solve a murder   to solve a crime"

  4. 4
    find the solution wordnet
  5. 5
    To find the values of variables that satisfy a system of equations and/or inequalities.
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  1. 6
    settle, as of a debt wordnet
  2. 7
    To algebraically manipulate an equation or inequality into a form that isolates a chosen variable on one side, so that the other side consists of an expression that may be used to generate solutions.
  3. 8
    To loosen or separate the parts of. transitive
  4. 9
    To loosen or separate the parts of.; To dissolve archaic, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English solven, from Latin solvō.

Etymology 2

From Middle English solven, from Latin solvō.

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