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Settle :: Settle (n.) To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel..

Settle :: 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..

Squatter :: Squatter (n.) One who squats; specifically, one who settles unlawfully upon land without a title. In the United States and Australia the term is sometimes applied also to a person who settles lawfully upon government land under permission and restrictions, before acquiring title..

Unsettledness :: Unsettledness (n.) The quality or state of being unsettled.

Nomenclator :: Nomenclator (n.) One who gives names to things, or who settles and adjusts the nomenclature of any art or science; also, a list or vocabulary of technical names..

Intrusion :: Intrusion (n.) The settlement of a minister over 3 congregation without their consent.

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..

Ratify :: Ratify (n.) To approve and sanction; to make valid; to confirm; to establish; to settle; especially, to give sanction to, as something done by an agent or servant; as, to ratify an agreement, treaty, or contract; to ratify a nomination..

Reckoning :: Reckoning (n.) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of obligations, liabilities, etc..

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The act of setting, or the state of being settled..

Positive :: Positive (a.) Prescribed by express enactment or institution; settled by arbitrary appointment; said of laws.

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..

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) Matter that subsides; settlings; sediment; lees; dregs.

Compound :: Compound (v. t.) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise; to discharge from obligation upon terms different from those which were stipulated; as, to compound a debt..

Proportionate :: Proportionate (v.) To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due comparative relation; to proportion; as, to proportionate punishment to crimes..

Frontier :: Frontier (n.) That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; the border of the settled and cultivated part of a country; as, the frontier of civilization..

Settle :: Settle (n.) A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.

Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To make a jointure for a wife.

Build :: Build (v. t.) To increase and strengthen; to increase the power and stability of; to settle, or establish, and preserve; -- frequently with up; as, to build up one's constitution..

Settle :: Settle (n.) To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account..

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