re-solve
Sayree-SOLVUS/ɹiˈsɑlv/UK/ɹiːˈsɒlv/
Formsre-solves, re-solving, re-solved
- 1To find a solution to a problem a second time, often to verify or correct an earlier result.
Engineers had to re-solve the structural equations after the load specifications changed.
He re-solved the entire puzzle from scratch to confirm his original answer.
Note
The hyphen does real work here. Built from re- and solve, the word shares its parts with resolve, but resolve has drifted toward settling, deciding, or breaking something into components. Keep the hyphen in every form (re-solves, re-solving, re-solved) so that "she re-solved the equation" means she worked it again, not that she resolved it and settled the matter.
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Origin
Formed from the prefix "re-" and "solve," as a piecewise doublet of "resolve."