To place
in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to
establish; to fix; esp., to establish in life; to fix in business, in
a home, or the like.
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.
To cause to be no longer in a disturbed
condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose.
To clear of dregs and impurities by causing
them to sink; to render pure or clear; -- said of a liquid; as, to
settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee.
To restore or bring to a smooth, dry, or
passable condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like; as,
clear weather settles the roads.
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.
To determine, as something which is exposed
to doubt or question; to free from unscertainty or wavering; to make
sure, firm, or constant; to establish; to compose; to quiet; as, to
settle the mind when agitated; to settle questions of
law; to settle the succession to a throne; to settle an
allowance.
To adjust, as something in discussion; to
make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a
quarrel.
To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to
balance; as, to settle an account.
Hence, to pay; as, to settle a
bill.
To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to
people; as, the French first settled Canada; the Puritans
settled New England; Plymouth was settled in
1620.
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