Definition of settle

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Settle (v. i.) 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..

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Anchorless :: Anchorless (a.) Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.
Size :: Size (n.) A settled quantity or allowance. See Assize.
Habitation :: Habitation (n.) Place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.
Penal :: Penal (a.) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement..
Train :: Train (v.) Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement..
Border :: Border (n.) A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district.
Place :: Place (n.) To assign a place to; to put in a particular spot or place, or in a certain relative position; to direct to a particular place; to fix; to settle; to locate; as, to place a book on a shelf; to place balls in tennis..
Indetermination :: Indetermination (n.) Want of determination; an unsettled or wavering state, as of the mind..
Disturb :: Disturb (v. t.) To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest.
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.
Antipathy :: Antipathy (n.) Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.
Advancement :: Advancement (v. t.) Settlement on a wife, or jointure..
Resettlement :: Resettlement (n.) Act of settling again, or state of being settled again; as, the resettlement of lees..
Umpire :: Umpire (v. t.) To decide as umpire; to arbitrate; to settle, as a dispute..
Indecisiveness :: Indecisiveness (n.) The state of being indecisive; unsettled state.
Settler :: Settler (n.) Especially, one who establishes himself in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a planter; as, the first settlers of New England..
Payable :: Payable (a.) That may be discharged or settled by delivery of value.
Africander :: Africander (n.) One born in Africa, the offspring of a white father and a colored mother. Also, and now commonly in Southern Africa, a native born of European settlers..
Policy :: Policy (n.) The settled method by which the government and affairs of a nation are, or may be, administered; a system of public or official administration, as designed to promote the external or internal prosperity of a state..
Light :: Light (superl.) Easy to admit influence; inconsiderate; easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile; as, a light, vain person; a light mind..
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