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Wikipedia has articles on: ResoluteEtymology
From Latin resolutus (past participle of resolvō).
Pronunciation
Adjective
resolute (comparative more resolute, superlative most resolute)
- Firm, unyielding, determined.
- She was resolute in her determination to resist his romantic advances.
- He was resolute in his decision to stay.
- Emily Dickinson, ‘I’m the little “Heart’s Ease”!’ (poem):
- If the Coward Bumble Bee / In his chimney corner stay, / I, must resoluter be!
Usage notes
- The one-word comparative form resoluter and superlative form resolutest are both well attested, though not as common as the two-word forms “more resolute” and “most resolute”.
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- See also Wikisaurus:obstinate
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