Definition of settle

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Settle (v. i.) To enter into the married state, or the state of a householder..

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Random :: Random (n.) A roving motion; course without definite direction; want of direction, rule, or method; hazard; chance; -- commonly used in the phrase at random, that is, without a settled point of direction; at hazard..
Wave :: Wave (v. i.) To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to vacillate.
Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To become calm; to cease from agitation.
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) That which is bestowed formally and permanently; the sum secured to a person; especially, a jointure made to a woman at her marriage; also, in the United States, a sum of money or other property formerly granted to a pastor in additional to his salary..
Border :: Border (n.) A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district.
Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To make a jointure for a wife.
Estate :: Estate (v. t.) Tom settle as a fortune.
Dispose :: Dispose (v. t.) To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.
Sight :: Sight (v. t.) A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained; as, the sight of a quadrant..
Resolution :: Resolution (n.) That which is resolved or determined; a settled purpose; determination. Specifically: A formal expression of the opinion or will of an official body or a public assembly, adopted by vote; as, a legislative resolution; the resolutions of a public meeting..
Subside :: Subside (v. i.) To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees..
Straggler :: Straggler (n.) One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs; one who falls behind the rest; one who rambles without any settled direction..
Unbalanced :: Unbalanced (a.) Not adjusted; not settled; not brought to an equality of debt and credit; as, an unbalanced account; unbalanced books..
Determine :: Determine (v. t.) To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide; as, the court has determined the cause..
Rubric :: Rubric (n.) Hence, that which is established or settled, as by authority; a thing definitely settled or fixed..
Open :: Open (v. t.) To make known; to discover; also, to render available or accessible for settlements, trade, etc..
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..
Antipathy :: Antipathy (n.) Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.
Term :: Term (n.) Propositions or promises, as in contracts, which, when assented to or accepted by another, settle the contract and bind the parties; conditions..
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..
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