resolutive

[ ri-zol-yuh-tiv, rez-uh-loo- ]

adjective

1. having the ability to dissolve or terminate.
2. serving to resolve or dispel.

resolutive

/ rɪˈzɒljʊtɪv /

adjective

1. capable of dissolving; causing disintegration
2. law denoting a condition the fulfilment of which terminates a contract or other legal obligation

Word History and Origins

Origin of resolutive¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, resolutive is from the Middle English word resolutif. See resolute, -ive

Example Sentences

Grotius there supposes the power is transferred upon a resolutive condition; that is, if he transgress the condition, the power shall be resolved into its first fountain: much more if it be transferred expresly also upon a suspensive condition, that he shall continue to maintain the ends of the covenant, defend religion and the liberties of the subjects, in the defence whereof we shall own allegiance to him, otherwise not.

From Project Gutenberg

Spermaceti was known, probably from classical times onwards, as a rare and precious unguent, "resolutive and mollifying," as M. Pomel, "chief druggist to the late French King Louis XIV," says in his treatise on drugs, translated into English in 1737.

From Project Gutenberg

"Ce même jour selon nostre requeste a esté accordé que nous serons ouys et que nos parties ne seront nos juges, mais il y a encore de l'encloueure qui fait que n'avons encore eu une reponse resolutive, laquelle on diet que nous aurons solemnement et en cour pleniere."

From Project Gutenberg