4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Settle \Set"tle\, n. [OE. setel, setil, a seat, AS setl: akin
to OHG. sezzal G. sessel, Goth. sitls, and E. sit
[root]154. See {Sit}.]
1. A seat of any kind [Obs.] ``Upon the settle of his
majesty'' --Hampole.
2. A bench; especially, a bench with a high back
3. A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform
lower than some other part
And from the bottom upon the ground, even to the
lower settle, shall be two cubits, and the breadth
one cubit. --Ezek. xliii.
14.
{Settle bed}, a bed convertible into a seat. [Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Settle \Set"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Settled}; p. pr & vb n.
{Settling}.] [OE. setlen, AS setlan. [root]154. See
{Settle}, n. In senses 7, 8, and 9 perhaps confused with OE
sahtlen to reconcile, AS sahtlian fr saht reconciliation,
sacon to contend, dispute. Cf {Sake}.]
1. To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm,
steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; esp., to
establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, or the
like
And he settled his countenance steadfastly upon him
until he was ashamed. --2 Kings
viii. 11.
(Rev. Ver.)
The father thought the time drew on Of setting in
the world his only son. --Dryden.
2. To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install
as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish; as
to settle a minister. [U. S.]
3. To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to
render quiet; to still to calm; to compose.
God settled then the huge whale-bearing lake.
--Chapman.
Hoping that sleep might settle his brains. --Bunyan.
4. To clear of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink;
to render pure or clear; -- said of a liquid; as to
settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee.
5. 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.
6. To cause to sink; to lower; to depress; hence also to
render close or compact; as to settle the contents of a
barrel or bag by shaking it
7. 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.
It will settle the wavering, and confirm the
doubtful. --Swift.
8. To adjust as something in discussion; to make up to
compose; to pacify; as to settle a quarrel.
9. To adjust as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as to
settle an account.
10. Hence to pay as to settle a bill. [Colloq.] --Abbott.
11. To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as
the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New
England; Plymouth was settled in 1620.
{To settle on} or {upon}, to confer upon by permanent grant;
to assure to ``I . . . have settled upon him a good
annuity.'' --Addison.
{To settle the land} (Naut.), to cause it to sink, or appear
lower, by receding from it
Syn: To fix; establish; regulate; arrange; compose; adjust
determine; decide.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Settle \Set"tle\, v. i.
1. 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.
The wind came about and settled in the west.
--Bacon.
Chyle . . . runs through all the intermediate colors
until it settles in an intense red. --Arbuthnot.
2. To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or
home; as the Saxons who settled in Britain.
3. To enter into the married state, or the state of a
householder.
As people marry now and settle. --Prior.
4. To be established in an employment or profession; as to
settle in the practice of law.
5. 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.
6. To become clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify
by depositing matter held in suspension; as the weather
settled; wine settles by standing.
A government, on such occasions, is always thick
before it settles. --Addison.
7. To sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of
a liquid, or the sediment of a reserveir.
8. To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the
foundation of a house, etc
9. To become calm; to cease from agitation.
Till the fury of his highness settle, Come not
before him --Shak.
10. To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an
agreement; as he has settled with his creditors.
11. To make a jointure for a wife.
He sighs with most success that settles well
--Garth.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
settle
n : a long wooden bench with a back [syn: {settee}]
v 1: settle into a position [syn: {settle down}]
2: bring to an end settle conclusively; "The case was
decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the
plaintiff" [syn: {decide}, {resolve}]
3: settle conclusively; come to terms; "We finally settled the
argument" [syn: {square off}, {square up}, {determine}]
4: take up residence and become established; "The immigrants
settled in the Midwest" [syn: {locate}, {relocate}]
5: come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"
[syn: {reconcile}, {patch up}, {make up}, {conciliate}]
6: go under "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" [syn: {sink},
{go down}, {go under}] [ant: {float}]
7: become settled or established and stable in one's residence
or life style; "He finally settled down" [syn: {take root},
{steady down}, {settle down}]
8: become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet; "The roar
settled to a thunder"; "The wind settled in the West"; "it
is settling to rain"; "A cough settled in her chest"; "Her
mood settled into lethargy"
9: establish or develop as a residence: "He settled the farm
200 years ago"; "This land was settled by Germans"
10: come to rest [syn: {halt}]
11: arrange or fix in the desired order "She settled the
teacart"
12: accept despite complete satisfaction; "We settled for a
lower price"
13: end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement; "The two
parties finally settled"
14: dispose of make a financial settlement
15: cause to settle, as of liquids
16: sink or fall [syn: {subside}]
17: fix firmly; "He ensconced himself in the chair" [syn: {ensconce}]
18: get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury; "I finally
settled with my old enemy" [syn: {get back}]
19: make final; put the last touches on put into final form
"let's finalize the proposal" [syn: {finalize}, {nail
down}]
20: form a community; "The Swedes settled in Minnesota"
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