Definition of settle

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Settle (v. i.) To sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reserveir..

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Random :: Random (a.) Going at random or by chance; done or made at hazard, or without settled direction, aim, or purpose; hazarded without previous calculation; left to chance; haphazard; as, a random guess..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The act of peopling, or state of being peopled; act of planting, as a colony; colonization; occupation by settlers; as, the settlement of a new country..
Firm :: Firm (a.) To fix; to settle; to confirm; to establish.
Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors..
Stayedly :: Stayed (a.) Staid; fixed; settled; sober; -- now written staid. See Staid.
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..
Opinion :: Opinion (n.) That which is opined; a notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than impression, less strong than positive knowledge; settled judgment in regard to any point of knowledge or action..
Estate :: Estate (n.) Settled condition or form of existence; state; condition or circumstances of life or of any person; situation.
Readjust :: Readjust (v. t.) To adjust or settle again; to put in a different order or relation; to rearrange.
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..
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..
Audit :: Audit (v. i.) To settle or adjust an account.
Claim :: Claim (n.) The thing claimed or demanded; that (as land) to which any one intends to establish a right; as a settler's claim; a miner's claim.
Vagrancy :: Vagrancy (n.) The quality or state of being a vagrant; a wandering without a settled home; an unsettled condition; vagabondism.
Recorder :: Recorder (n.) The title of the chief judical officer of some cities and boroughs; also, of the chief justice of an East Indian settlement. The Recorder of London is judge of the Lord Mayor's Court, and one of the commissioners of the Central Criminal Court..
Wager :: Wager (v. t.) Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge..
Settle :: 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..
Preempt :: Preempt (v. t. & i.) To settle upon (public land) with a right of preemption, as under the laws of the United States; to take by preemption..
Probation :: Probation (n.) The trial of a ministerial candidate's qualifications prior to his ordination, or to his settlement as a pastor..
Settledness :: Settledness (n.) The quality or state of being settled; confirmed state.
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