Definition of settle

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Settle (v. i.) To become calm; to cease from agitation.

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Widowhood :: Widowhood (n.) Estate settled on a widow.
Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To make a jointure for a wife.
Unfix :: Unfix (v. t.) To loosen from a fastening; to detach from anything that holds; to unsettle; as, to unfix a bayonet; to unfix the mind or affections..
Probation :: Probation (n.) The trial of a ministerial candidate's qualifications prior to his ordination, or to his settlement as a pastor..
Settling :: Settling (n.) The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one's self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc..
Doubleminded :: Doubleminded (a.) Having different minds at different times; unsettled; undetermined.
Stipend :: Stipend (n.) Settled pay or compensation for services, whether paid daily, monthly, or annually..
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..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
Postnuptial :: Postnuptial (a.) Being or happening after marriage; as, a postnuptial settlement on a wife..
Wave :: Wave (v. i.) To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to vacillate.
Dissettlement :: Dissettlement (n.) The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled..
Open :: Open (a.) Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration; as, an open account; an open question; to keep an offer or opportunity open..
Inveterate :: Inveterate (v. t.) To fix and settle by long continuance.
Latitudinarian :: Latitudinarian (n.) One who is moderate in his notions, or not restrained by precise settled limits in opinion; one who indulges freedom in thinking..
Backsettler :: Backsettler (n.) One living in the back or outlying districts of a community.
Indefinitely :: Indefinitely (adv.) In an indefinite manner or degree; without any settled limitation; vaguely; not with certainty or exactness; as, to use a word indefinitely..
Principle :: Principle (n.) A settled rule of action; a governing law of conduct; an opinion or belief which exercises a directing influence on the life and behavior; a rule (usually, a right rule) of conduct consistently directing one's actions; as, a person of no principle..
Ordinary :: Ordinary (n.) That which is so common, or continued, as to be considered a settled establishment or institution..
Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To enter into the married state, or the state of a householder..
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