Definition of settle

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Settle (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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Reckoning :: Reckoning (n.) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of obligations, liabilities, etc..
Eland :: Eland (n.) A species of large South African antelope (Oreas canna). It is valued both for its hide and flesh, and is rapidly disappearing in the settled districts; -- called also Cape elk..
Preemption :: Preemption (n.) The right of an actual settler upon public lands (particularly those of the United States) to purchase a certain portion at a fixed price in preference to all other applicants.
Convictism :: Convictism (n.) The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements.
Candidating :: Candidating (n.) The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement..
Settle :: Settle (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..
Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To be established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of law..
Preconcert :: Preconcert (v. t.) To concert or arrange beforehand; to settle by previous agreement.
Displant :: Displant (v. t.) To strip of what is planted or settled; as, to displant a country of inhabitants..
Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To become calm; to cease from agitation.
Inveterate :: Inveterate (v. t.) To fix and settle by long continuance.
Itinerant :: Itinerant (a.) One who travels from place to place, particularly a preacher; one who is unsettled..
Inhabitant :: Inhabitant (n.) One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or parish; a permanent resident..
Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To enter into the married state, or the state of a householder..
Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors..
Settle :: Settle (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..
Vagrancy :: Vagrancy (n.) The quality or state of being a vagrant; a wandering without a settled home; an unsettled condition; vagabondism.
Wowf :: Wowf (a.) Disordered or unsettled in intellect; deranged.
Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home; as, the Saxons who settled in Britain..
Conventionary :: Conventionary (a.) Acting under contract; settled by express agreement; as, conventionary tenants..
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