Definition of settle

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

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Footing :: Footing (n.) Standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold.
Settle :: Settle (n.) To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose.
Wager :: Wager (v. t.) Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge..
Open :: Open (v. t.) To make known; to discover; also, to render available or accessible for settlements, trade, etc..
Portion :: Portion (n.) The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, and distributed to him in the settlement of the estate; an inheritance..
Empight :: Empight (a.) Fixed; settled; fastened.
Disturb :: Disturb (v. t.) To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest.
Estate :: Estate (v. t.) Tom settle as a fortune.
Satle :: Satle (v. t. & i.) To settle.
Jointure :: Jointure (v. t.) To settle a jointure upon.
Preemption :: Preemption (n.) The right of an actual settler upon public lands (particularly those of the United States) to purchase a certain portion at a fixed price in preference to all other applicants.
Intrusion :: Intrusion (n.) The settlement of a minister over 3 congregation without their consent.
Light :: Light (v. i.) To descend from flight, and rest, perch, or settle, as a bird or insect..
Endowment :: Endowment (n.) That which is bestowed or settled on a person or an institution; property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated to any object; as, the endowment of a church, a hospital, or a college..
Inhabitant :: Inhabitant (n.) One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or parish; a permanent resident..
Emigrant :: Emigrant (n.) One who emigrates, or quits one country or region to settle in another..
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..
Prefix :: Prefix (v. t.) To set or appoint beforehand; to settle or establish antecedently.
State :: State (v. t.) To set; to settle; to establish.
Sag :: Sag (v. i.) Fig.: To lose firmness or elasticity; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced..
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