Settle

·noun A seat of any kind.

II. Settle ·vi To make a jointure for a wife.

III. Settle ·noun Hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill.

IV. Settle ·vi To become calm; to cease from agitation.

V. Settle ·noun A bench; especially, a bench with a high back.

VI. Settle ·vi To enter into the married state, or the state of a householder.

VII. Settle ·vi To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, ·etc.

VIII. Settle ·noun A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.

IX. Settle ·vi To be established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of law.

X. Settle ·vi To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors.

XI. Settle ·vi To sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reserveir.

XII. Settle ·vi To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home; as, the Saxons who settled in Britain.

XIII. Settle ·noun 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.

XIV. Settle ·noun To adjust, as accounts; to Liquidate; to Balance; as, to settle an Account.

XV. Settle ·vi 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.

XVI. Settle ·noun To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to Compose; to Pacify; as, to settle a quarrel.

XVII. Settle ·noun 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.

XVIII. Settle ·noun 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.

XIX. Settle ·vi To become clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify by depositing matter held in suspension; as, the weather settled; wine settles by standing.

XX. Settle ·noun To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to Still; to Calm; to Compose.

XXI. Settle ·noun 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.

XXII. Settle ·vi 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.

XXIII. Settle ·noun To plant with inhabitants; to Colonize; to People; as, the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620.

XXIV. Settle ·noun 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.

XXV. Settle ·noun 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.