Definition of settle

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Settle (v. i.) To sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reserveir..

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Eland :: Eland (n.) A species of large South African antelope (Oreas canna). It is valued both for its hide and flesh, and is rapidly disappearing in the settled districts; -- called also Cape elk..
Emigrant :: Emigrant (n.) One who emigrates, or quits one country or region to settle in another..
Unsettlement :: Unsettlement (n.) The act of unsettling, or state of being unsettled; disturbance..
Nestle :: Nestle (v. i.) To lie close and snug, as a bird in her nest; to cuddle up; to settle, as in a nest; to harbor; to take shelter..
Empight :: Empight (a.) Fixed; settled; fastened.
Displant :: Displant (v. t.) To remove (what is planted or fixed); to unsettle and take away; to displace; to root out; as, to displant inhabitants..
Settle :: Settle (n.) 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..
Jutes :: "Jutes (n. pl.) Jutlanders; one of the Low German tribes, a portion of which settled in Kent, England, in the 5th century..
Administer :: Administer (v. t.) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor..
Conventionary :: Conventionary (a.) Acting under contract; settled by express agreement; as, conventionary tenants..
Settle :: Settle (n.) To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose.
Indecisiveness :: Indecisiveness (n.) The state of being indecisive; unsettled state.
Postnuptial :: Postnuptial (a.) Being or happening after marriage; as, a postnuptial settlement on a wife..
Stipulation :: Stipulate (v. i.) To make an agreement or covenant with any person or company to do or forbear anything; to bargain; to contract; to settle terms; as, certain princes stipulated to assist each other in resisting the armies of France..
Ostmen :: Ostmen (n. pl.) East men; Danish settlers in Ireland, formerly so called..
Dissettlement :: Dissettlement (n.) The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled..
Colonize :: Colonize (v. i.) To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony..
Angles :: Angles (n. pl.) An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Angles probably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc..
Settle :: Settle (n.) Hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill..
Anchorless :: Anchorless (a.) Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.
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