Definition of settle

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Settle (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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Conventionary :: Conventionary (a.) Acting under contract; settled by express agreement; as, conventionary tenants..
Stipendiarian :: Stipend (v. t.) To pay by settled wages.
Ordinary :: Ordinary (n.) That which is so common, or continued, as to be considered a settled establishment or institution..
Umpire :: Umpire (v. t.) To decide as umpire; to arbitrate; to settle, as a dispute..
Settler :: Settler (n.) That which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc., which settles or decides a contest..
Fix :: Fix (v. i.) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
Weighlock :: Weighlock (n.) A lock, as on a canal, in which boats are weighed and their tonnage is settled..
Undeterminate :: Undeterminate (a.) Nor determinate; not settled or certain; indeterminate.
Advancement :: Advancement (v. t.) Settlement on a wife, or jointure..
Displant :: Displant (v. t.) To remove (what is planted or fixed); to unsettle and take away; to displace; to root out; as, to displant inhabitants..
Alight :: Alight (v. i.) To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof..
Displant :: Displant (v. t.) To strip of what is planted or settled; as, to displant a country of inhabitants..
Preconcert :: Preconcert (v. t.) To concert or arrange beforehand; to settle by previous agreement.
Reconcile :: Reconcile (v. t.) To adjust; to settle; as, to reconcile differences..
Composition :: Composition (n.) Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement..
Audit :: Audit (v. i.) To settle or adjust an account.
State :: Statary (a.) Fixed; settled.
Adjust :: Adjust (v. t.) To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result; as, to adjust accounts; the differences are adjusted..
Dispose :: Dispose (v. t.) To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.
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