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Upsolve vs Unsolve - What's the difference?

upsolve | unsolve |

As verbs the difference between upsolve and unsolve

is that upsolve is to solve; explain while unsolve is to solve.

upsolve

English

Verb

(upsolv)
  • To solve; explain.
  • *1756 , Ben Jonson, Peter Whalley, The Works of Ben. Jonson :
    • They were both broiled o' th' coles i and a man may smell broil'd meat, I hope ? you are a scholar, upsolve me that, now.
  • *1951 , Peter Hausted, The rival friends: Issues 23-25 :
    • Pray you, upsolve' me this question : What holiday is this, Latter Lammas or St. Ginnyes Even? [...] ' Upsolve me that question.
  • *1967 , Charles Edward Brown, Wisconsin Natural History Society. Archeological Section, Wisconsin Archeological Society, The Wisconsin archeologist: Volumes 48-49 :
    • More data ought to add to fill-in gaps in the picture and to clear-up upsolved problems, or, perhaps new data will prove the suggestions proposed here are incorrect, and new explanations will have to be formulated.

    unsolve

    English

    Verb

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