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Webster 1828 Edition

ppr.

Separating into component parts; analyzing; removing perplexities or obscurity; discussing, as tumors; determining.

Noun.

The act of determining or forming a fixed purpose; a resolution.

resolving

resolving ‎(plural resolvings)

The act of forming a resolution.
- John Bunyan
  But alas! these thoughts, and wishings, and resolvings, were now too late to help me; this thought had passed my heart, God hath let me go, and I am fallen.