Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors..

Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To make a jointure for a wife.

Settled :: Settled (imp. & p. p.) of Settl.

Settledness :: Settledness (n.) The quality or state of being settled; confirmed state.

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The act of setting, or the state of being settled..

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor..

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..

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The act or process of adjusting or determining; composure of doubts or differences; pacification; liquidation of accounts; arrangement; adjustment; as, settlement of a controversy, of accounts, etc..

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) Bestowal, or giving possession, under legal sanction; the act of giving or conferring anything in a formal and permanent manner..

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it..

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) That which settles, or is settled, established, or fixed..

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) Matter that subsides; settlings; sediment; lees; dregs.

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) A colony newly established; a place or region newly settled; as, settlement in the West..

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..

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The gradual sinking of a building, whether by the yielding of the ground under the foundation, or by the compression of the joints or the material..

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of residence; legal residence or establishment of a person in a particular parish or town, which entitles him to maintenance if a pauper, and subjects the parish or town to his support..

Settler :: Settler (n.) One who settles, becomes fixed, established, etc..

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..

Settler :: Settler (n.) That which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc., which settles or decides a contest..

Settler :: Settler (n.) A vessel, as a tub, in which something, as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle..

Unsettle :: Unsettle (v. t.) To move or loosen from a settled position or state; to unfix; to displace; to disorder; to confuse.

Unsettle :: Unsettle (v. i.) To become unsettled or unfixed; to be disordered.

Unsettledness :: Unsettledness (n.) The quality or state of being unsettled.

Unsettlement :: Unsettlement (n.) The act of unsettling, or state of being unsettled; disturbance..

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