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unsolve en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ʌnˈsɔlv/ (General-American)
  • /ʌnˈsɒlv/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ʌnˈsɑlv/ (General-American)

Etymology

From un- + solve.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) To solve.
    • Perchance, my Fancy would have bin so kinde, / T‘ unsolve the doubts of my perplexed minde. 1631, Francis Quarles, The History of Samson:
  2. To undo or remove the solution to a problem; to put something into an unsolved state.
    • “But I cannot allow you to use my cousin to solve or, I suppose, more precisely, to unsolve your case.” 2001, Dave Rosi, One Good Deed:
    • Ethiopia and the Generation That Unsolves Problems. 2011, Solomon Belay Faris, (title)

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
unsolved Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unsolved Tense=Past lexicographic
unsolves Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
unsolving Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

solve · iron out · get to the bottom of · ravel · meliorate · puzzle out · decipher · riddle · resolve · unsolve · unpuzzle · think out · Any from Thesaurus:untangle · unresolve · upsolve · tease out · resolve · ravel · absolve · reason out · unriddle · work out · unravel · work out · sleuth