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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Resettlement :: Resettlement (n.) Act of settling again, or state of being settled again; as, the resettlement of lees..
Unsettle :: Unsettle (v. i.) To become unsettled or unfixed; to be disordered.
Vagabond :: Vagabond (a.) Moving from place to place without a settled habitation; wandering.
Straggler :: Straggler (n.) One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs; one who falls behind the rest; one who rambles without any settled direction..
Decision :: Decision (n.) The act of deciding; act of settling or terminating, as a controversy, by giving judgment on the matter at issue; determination, as of a question or doubt; settlement; conclusion..
Compound :: Compound (v. i.) To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; -- usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration..
Unliquidated :: Unliquidated (a.) Not liquidated; not exactly ascertained; not adjusted or settled.
Frisker :: Frisker (n.) One who frisks; one who leaps of dances in gayety; a wanton; an inconstant or unsettled person.
Probation :: Probation (n.) The trial of a ministerial candidate's qualifications prior to his ordination, or to his settlement as a pastor..
Surrogate :: Surrogate (n.) In some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates..
Doubter :: Doubter (n.) One who doubts; one whose opinion is unsettled; one who scruples.
Widowhood :: Widowhood (n.) Estate settled on a widow.
Administrator :: Administrator (n.) A man who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority..
Vagrancy :: Vagrancy (n.) The quality or state of being a vagrant; a wandering without a settled home; an unsettled condition; vagabondism.
Ostmen :: Ostmen (n. pl.) East men; Danish settlers in Ireland, formerly so called..
Size :: Size (n.) A settled quantity or allowance. See Assize.
Proportionate :: Proportionate (v.) To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due comparative relation; to proportion; as, to proportionate punishment to crimes..
Vagrant :: Vagrant (n.) One who strolls from place to place; one who has no settled habitation; an idle wanderer; a sturdy beggar; an incorrigible rogue; a vagabond.
Fixed :: Fixed (a.) Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm; imovable; unalterable.
Resolve :: Resolve (v. i.) To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle; as, he was resolved by an unexpected event..
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