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settle /setˈl/ noun- A long high-backed bench
- A ledge (Bible)
transitive verb- To place in a stable, secure, restful or comfortable situation
- To adjust
- To lower
- To compact, cause to subside
- To regulate
- To fix, arrange
- To establish, set up, or install (eg in residence, business, marriage, a parish)
- To colonize
- To make clear
- To determine
- To decide
- To put beyond doubt or dispute
- To restore to good order
- To quiet
- To compose
- To secure by gift or legal act
- To create successive interests in, use or income going to one person while the corpus of the property remains another's
- To make final payment of
- To dispose of, put out of action, stun, kill
intransitive verb- To alight
- To come to rest
- To subside
- To sink to the bottom (or form a scum)
- To dispose oneself
- To take up permanent abode
- To become stable
- To fix one's habits (often with down)
- To grow calm or clear
- To come to a decision or agreement
- To adjust differences
- To settle accounts (often with up)
ORIGIN: OE setl seat, setlan to place; the verb may be partly from, or influenced by, late OE sehtlian to reconcile settˈleable adjective settˈled adjective settˈledness noun settˈlement noun - An act of settling
- The state of being settled
- Payment
- Arrangement
- The placing of a religious minister in a parish
- A subsidence or sinking
- A settled colony
- A local community
- An establishment of social workers aiming at benefit to the surrounding population
- A settling of property, an instrument by which it is settled, or the property settled, esp a marriage-settlement
- Residence in a parish or other claim for poor relief in case of becoming destitute
settˈler noun - Someone who settles
- A colonist
- A decisive blow, argument, etc
settˈling noun settˈlor noun (law) A person who settles property on another settˈle-bed noun A settle that may be converted to a bed settler's clock noun (Aust) A name formerly used for the kookaburra settling day noun A date fixed by the Stock Exchange for completion of transactions settling pond noun An artificial pond into which water containing effluent from a mine, etc is discharged and in which harmful sediment is deposited settle for To agree to accept (usu as a compromise) settle in - To adapt to a new environment
- To prepare to remain indoors for the night
settle with - To come to an agreement with
- To deal with
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