The image eventually 'resolved into' the shape of a person's body.
The issue of the book's authorship was never 'resolved'.
I was 'resolved' [='determined'] to find out the truth.
(..) Did you give yourself this name? It's a joke! Azeem the Great One, I am home! Look! Mistletoe! Many a maid lost her resolve to me thanks to this! In my country, we talk to our women. We do not drug them with plants. What do you know of women? Where I come from, Christian... (..)1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves