Definition of settle

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Settle (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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Vagrant :: Vagrant (n.) One who strolls from place to place; one who has no settled habitation; an idle wanderer; a sturdy beggar; an incorrigible rogue; a vagabond.
Sockdolager :: Sockdolager (n.) That which finishes or ends a matter; a settler; a poser, as a heavy blow, a conclusive answer, and the like..
Settle :: Settle (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..
Locate :: Locate (v. i.) To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle.
Endowment :: Endowment (n.) That which is bestowed or settled on a person or an institution; property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated to any object; as, the endowment of a church, a hospital, or a college..
Transplant :: Transplant (v. t.) To remove, and settle or establish for residence in another place; as, to transplant inhabitants..
Persuasion :: Persuasion (n.) The state of being persuaded or convinced; settled opinion or conviction, which has been induced..
Adjustment :: Adjustment (n.) Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling..
Indecisiveness :: Indecisiveness (n.) The state of being indecisive; unsettled state.
Widowhood :: Widowhood (n.) Estate settled on a widow.
Advancement :: Advancement (v. t.) Settlement on a wife, or jointure..
Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To be established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of law..
Settle :: Settle (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..
Peopler :: Peopler (n.) A settler; an inhabitant.
Border :: Border (n.) A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district.
Dowager :: Dowager (n.) A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease..
Unsettlement :: Unsettlement (n.) The act of unsettling, or state of being unsettled; disturbance..
Postnuptial :: Postnuptial (a.) Being or happening after marriage; as, a postnuptial settlement on a wife..
Outsettler :: Outsettler (n.) One who settles at a distance, or away, from others..
Dispose :: Dispose (v. t.) To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.
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