Settle
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Settle
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1 n.
A seat of any kind.
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2 n.
A bench; especially, a bench with a high back.
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3 n.
A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.
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4 n.
To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; esp., to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, or the like.
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5 n.
To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish; as, to settle a minister.
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6 n.
To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose.
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7 n.
To clear of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink; to render pure or clear; -- said of a liquid; as, to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee.
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8 n.
To restore or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like; as, clear weather settles the roads.
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9 n.
To cause to sink; to lower; to depress; hence, also, to render close or compact; as, to settle the contents of a barrel or bag by shaking it.
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10 n.
To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or question; to free from unscertainty or wavering; to make sure, firm, or constant; to establish; to compose; to quiet; as, to settle the mind when agitated; to settle questions of law; to settle the succession to a throne; to settle an allowance.
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11 n.
To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel.
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12 n.
To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account.
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13 n.
Hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill.
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14 n.
To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620.
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15 v. i.
To become fixed or permanent; to become stationary; to establish one's self or itself; to assume a lasting form, condition, direction, or the like, in place of a temporary or changing state.
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16 v. i.
To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home; as, the Saxons who settled in Britain.
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17 v. i.
To enter into the married state, or the state of a householder.
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18 v. i.
To be established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of law.
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19 v. i.
To become firm, dry, and hard, as the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared; as, the roads settled late in the spring.
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20 v. i.
To become clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify by depositing matter held in suspension; as, the weather settled; wine settles by standing.
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21 v. i.
To sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reserveir.
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22 v. i.
To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc.
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23 v. i.
To become calm; to cease from agitation.
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24 v. i.
To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors.
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25 v. i.
To make a jointure for a wife.
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26 n.
A seat of any kind.
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27 n.
A bench; especially, a bench with a high back.
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28 n.
A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.
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29 n.
To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; esp., to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, or the like.
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30 n.
To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish; as, to settle a minister.
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31 n.
To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose.
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32 n.
To clear of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink; to render pure or clear; -- said of a liquid; as, to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee.
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33 n.
To restore or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like; as, clear weather settles the roads.
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34 n.
To cause to sink; to lower; to depress; hence, also, to render close or compact; as, to settle the contents of a barrel or bag by shaking it.
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35 n.
To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or question; to free from unscertainty or wavering; to make sure, firm, or constant; to establish; to compose; to quiet; as, to settle the mind when agitated; to settle questions of law; to settle the succession to a throne; to settle an allowance.
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36 n.
To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel.
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37 n.
To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account.
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38 n.
Hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill.
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39 n.
To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620.
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40 v. i.
To become fixed or permanent; to become stationary; to establish one's self or itself; to assume a lasting form, condition, direction, or the like, in place of a temporary or changing state.
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41 v. i.
To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home; as, the Saxons who settled in Britain.
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42 v. i.
To enter into the married state, or the state of a householder.
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43 v. i.
To be established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of law.
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44 v. i.
To become firm, dry, and hard, as the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared; as, the roads settled late in the spring.
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45 v. i.
To become clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify by depositing matter held in suspension; as, the weather settled; wine settles by standing.
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46 v. i.
To sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reserveir.
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47 v. i.
To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc.
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48 v. i.
To become calm; to cease from agitation.
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49 v. i.
To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors.
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50 v. i.
To make a jointure for a wife.