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resolute

/ˈɹɛ.zəˌl(j)uːt/ adjective C1
  1. Firm, unyielding, determined. · She was resolute in her determination to resist his romantic advances.· He was resolute in his decision to stay.
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Under the fixed and inquiring gaze levelled at him from under those beautiful black eyebrows, he prudently turned away, and calmed himself immediately, daunted by the power of a resolute mind.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 952 · C1
The Ox took under his patronage the next term of life, and therefore man in his middle age is fond of work, devoted to labor, and resolute to amass wealth and to husband his resources.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 70 · B2
Its light shone upon his strong, resolute, clean-shaved face and his menacing eyes.
The Valley of Fear, p. 88 · C1
“A most dangerous conspirator, a man we are ordered to keep the most strict watch over, as he is daring and resolute.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 128 · C1

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