Definition of settle

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Settle (n.) 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..

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Swarm :: Swarm (n.) Especially, a great number of honeybees which emigrate from a hive at once, and seek new lodgings under the direction of a queen; a like body of bees settled permanently in a hive..
Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To become clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify by depositing matter held in suspension; as, the weather settled; wine settles by standing..
Contango :: Contango (n.) The premium or interest paid by the buyer to the seller, to be allowed to defer paying for the stock purchased until the next fortnightly settlement day..
Dissettle :: Dissettle (v. t.) To unsettle.
Agree :: Agree (v. t.) To admit, or come to one mind concerning; to settle; to arrange; as, to agree the fact; to agree differences..
Border :: Border (n.) A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district.
Prefix :: Prefix (v. t.) To set or appoint beforehand; to settle or establish antecedently.
Problem :: Problem (n.) A question proposed for solution; a matter stated for examination or proof; hence, a matter difficult of solution or settlement; a doubtful case; a question involving doubt..
Finisher :: Finisher (n.) Something that gives the finishing touch to, or settles, anything..
Entail :: Entail (n.) To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as an heritage..
Adjust :: Adjust (v. t.) To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result; as, to adjust accounts; the differences are adjusted..
Footing :: Footing (n.) Standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold.
Pathogeny :: Pathogeny (n.) The generation, and method of development, of disease; as, the pathogeny of yellow fever is unsettled..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) That which settles, or is settled, established, or fixed..
Political :: Political (a.) Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration..
Ordinary :: Ordinary (n.) That which is so common, or continued, as to be considered a settled establishment or institution..
Resolve :: Resolve (v. i.) To be settled in opinion; to be convinced.
Advancement :: Advancement (v. t.) Settlement on a wife, or jointure..
Unbalanced :: Unbalanced (a.) Not adjusted; not settled; not brought to an equality of debt and credit; as, an unbalanced account; unbalanced books..
Vagrant :: Vagrant (a.) Moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled.
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