| 单词 | to settle one's estate, one's affairs |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto settle one's estate, one's affairs c. to settle one's estate, one's affairs: to arrange for the disposal of one's property, the payment of one's debts, etc., esp. with a view to one's death, removal to a distance, or retirement from business. Occasionally with up.In the first quot. a1656 perhaps rather: to render one's worldly position secure (sense 24). ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > settle property [verb (intransitive)] to settle one's estate, one's affairsa1656 a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 144 Oh the poor and base thoughts of men! How may I raise my house? how may I settle my estate? a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1647 (1955) II. 536 Being call'd into England to settle my affaires, after about 4 yeares absence. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 164. ⁋6 I several months since made my Will, settled my estate, and took leave of my friends. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 306 He had settled all his Affairs so well at Bengale, and left his Effects in such good Hands; that [etc.]. 1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xxxi. 363 They..are expected to settle up their affairs and return to their remote abodes. 1894 A. Robertson Nuggets 84 Besides, hasn't he settled his affairs—made his will, in fact, most sensibly. < as lemmas |
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