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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Settledness :: Settledness (n.) The quality or state of being settled; confirmed state.
Distract :: Distract (v. t.) To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; -- most frequently used in the participle, distracted..
Settle :: Settle (n.) A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.
Dogma :: Dogma (n.) A formally stated and authoritatively settled doctrine; a definite, established, and authoritative tenet..
Frisker :: Frisker (n.) One who frisks; one who leaps of dances in gayety; a wanton; an inconstant or unsettled person.
Residence :: Residence (n.) The place where one resides; an abode; a dwelling or habitation; esp., a settled or permanent home or domicile..
Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc..
Adjustment :: Adjustment (n.) Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling..
Rate :: Rate (v. t.) To settle the relative scale, rank, position, amount, value, or quality of; as, to rate a ship; to rate a seaman; to rate a pension..
Queasy :: Queasy (a.) Fastidious; squeamish; delicate; easily disturbed; unsettled; ticklish.
Settle :: Settle (v. i.) 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..
Dissettlement :: Dissettlement (n.) The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled..
Colony :: Colony (n.) The district or country colonized; a settlement.
Compone :: Compone (v. t.) To compose; to settle; to arrange.
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..
Penal :: Penal (a.) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement..
Africander :: Africander (n.) One born in Africa, the offspring of a white father and a colored mother. Also, and now commonly in Southern Africa, a native born of European settlers..
Shittle :: Shittle (a.) Wavering; unsettled; inconstant.
Empight :: Empight (a.) Fixed; settled; fastened.
Exorbitant :: Exorbitant (a.) Not comprehended in a settled rule or method; anomalous.
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