noun a seat of any kind.
2. settle ·vi to make a jointure for a wife.
3. settle ·noun hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill.
4. settle ·vi to become calm; to cease from agitation.
5. settle ·noun a bench; especially, a bench with a high back.
6. settle ·vi to enter into the married state, or the state of a householder.
7. settle ·vi to sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, ·etc.
8. settle ·noun a place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.
9. settle ·vi to be established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of law.
10. settle ·vi to adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors.
11. settle ·vi to sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reserveir.
12. settle ·vi to fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home; as, the saxons who settled in britain.
13. settle ·noun 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.
14. settle ·noun to adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account.
15. settle ·vi 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.
xvi. settle ·noun to adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel.
xvii. settle ·noun 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.
xviii. settle ·noun 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.
xix. settle ·vi to become clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify by depositing matter held in suspension; as, the weather settled; wine settles by standing.
xx. settle ·noun to cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose.
xxi. settle ·noun 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.
xxii. settle ·vi to become fixed or permanent; to become stationary; to establish one's self or itself; to assume a lasting form, condition, direction, or the like, in place of a temporary or changing state.
xxiii. settle ·noun to plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the french first settled canada; the puritans settled new england; plymouth was settled in 1620.
xxiv. settle ·noun 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.
xxv. settle ·noun 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.