settle
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: law
Etymology: From a merger of two verbs:
* Middle English setlen, from Old English setlan (“to settle, seat, put to rest”), from Old English setl (“seat”) (compare Dutch zetelen (“to be established, settle”)) and
* Middle English sahtlen, seihtlen (“to reconcile, calm, subside”), from Old English sahtlian, ġesehtlian (“to reconcile”), from Old English saht, seht (“settlement, agreement, reconciliation, peace”) (see saught, -le).
German siedeln (“to settle”) is related to the former of the two verbs, but is not an immediate cognate of either of them.
Inflected forms:
form: settles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: settling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: settled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: settled
pos: verb
tags: past
form: sattle
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To conclude or resolve (something):
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: His fears were settled
She hopes to settle any questions about the plans.
The question of the succession to a throne needs to be settled.
It is a Pamphlet, [...] It will ſettle the Wavering, confirm the Doubtful, inſtruct the Ignorant, inflame the Clamorous, though it never be once looked into.
gloss: To conclude or resolve (something):
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to settle a quarrel
gloss: To conclude or resolve (something):
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To conclude or resolve (something):
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The coffee was only surface wet and looked worse than it actually was and as he returned to the Reception Desk to settle his account and give back his room key, he was met again by the young man who was still wearing his rucksack.
gloss: To conclude or resolve (something):
pos: verb
tags: colloquial
transitive
gloss: To conclude or resolve (something):
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: He has settled with his creditors.
gloss: To conclude or resolve (something):
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Of course, certainty is a value in all systems of conflict of laws—including those of the United States. Certainty for litigants decreases litigation and transaction costs and increases the chances that cases will settle.
gloss: To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to settle my affairs
to settle her estate
gloss: To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The curate settled his collar, coughed, and, making an effort, knocked.
She twisted out from under the claim of his palm to settle her feet on the floor.
Pausing only to settle his cloak and set his Regent's circlet on his hair, he strode to the rail and waited.
gloss: To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: God settled then the huge whale-bearing lake, / And Tenedos we reach'd; [...]
[I]t drawing towards night, and they hoping that ſleep might ſettle his brains, with all haſt they got him to bed; [...]
gloss: To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
pos: verb
tags: UK
dialectal
transitive
gloss: To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I poured a charge of powder over the nipple so as not tu miss goin' off if possible. Click! went the match,—up jumped the flock, or tried tu. As they bunched up, Peggy blazed intu 'em, settlin’ how many I didn't know, …
gloss: To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: clear weather settles the roads
gloss: To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The weather settled.
Wait until the crowd settles before speaking.
[T]il the fury of his Highneſſe ſettle / Come not before him.
With Vardy working tirelessly up front, chasing lost causes and generally making a nuisance of himself, Sevilla were never allowed to settle on a night when the atmosphere was electric inside the King Power Stadium.
gloss: To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The roads settled late in the spring.
gloss: To establish or become established in a steady position:
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: And he settled his countenance stedfastly [upon him], until he was ashamed.
gloss: To establish or become established in a steady position:
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Now thirteen Years of Age were ſwiftly run, / When the fond Father thought the time drew on / Of ſettling in the World his only Son.
But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever.
gloss: To establish or become established in a steady position:
pos: verb
tags: US
obsolete
transitive
examples: to settle a minister
gloss: To establish or become established in a steady position:
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To establish or become established in a steady position:
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
examples: He sighs with most success that settles well.
gloss: To establish or become established in a steady position:
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: As People marry now, and ſettle; / Fierce Love abates his uſual Mettle: [...]
gloss: To establish or become established in a steady position:
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: He is settled in the profession of law at Rochester, New York.
Following his avowed aim to settle in his profession of medicine, Sloane arranged to call on Dr Thomas Sydenham, the foremost physician of his day in London, known as 'the English Hippocrates'.
The likely explanation for this is the fact that between the two groups one is now settling in the profession while the older group is preparing to retire and are no longer keen to gain new skills.
gloss: To establish or become established in a steady position:
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
usually
examples: But then the Wind came about, and ſetled in the West for many dayes, ſo as we could make little or no way, and were ſometimes in purpoſe to turne backe.
Chyle [...] runs through all the intermediate colors until it settles in an intense red.
They settled down at an inn.
The hawk settled on a branch.
gloss: To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare settle down.)
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: the Saxons who settled in Britain
The British could identify very few ‘village elders’ in the colony. The reason was that the majority of the Chinese in Hong Kong were male immigrants with no village to which to attach themselves. They tended to settle in an area known as Sheung Wan (the Upper Bay) on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island.
gloss: To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare settle down.)
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: the French first settled Canada
the Puritans settled New England
Plymouth was settled in 1620.
It was in the year 1794, that an English family went out to settle in Canada.
gloss: To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Rome began to settle displaced or disenfranchised citizens, veterans, and allies in colonies beyond Italy.
gloss: To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee
gloss: To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to settle the sediment out of the water
gloss: To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to settle the chips in the potato chip bag by shaking it
gloss: To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Sometimes a tub will settle at one corner, causing the rim to slope.
gloss: To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The chips in the bag of potato chips settled during shipping.
gloss: To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: wine settles by standing
gloss: Of an animal: to make or become pregnant.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: Some mares do not show signs of being in heat even when tried ("teased") regularly with a stallion, but they often can be settled either by natural or artificial service, provided the approximate time of ovulation is determined and they are not suffering from either a diseased or abnormal condition of the reproductive system.
During March, 1926, two more mares were bred to him and on February 14, 1927 one of them foaled a perfectly formed bay stud foal. It is not known whether or not the other mare settled for she was never returned for trial.
This older mare created many, many problems for us in terms of trying to get the mare to settle. She came to us in January, and her record shows fairly consistent heats, but she had numerous problems which will be outlined in Example l0.
Those sperm may still be viable, enabling the stallion to settle mares for a while until he runs out of mature sperm and has no more coming on because of the gap in production while he was sick or injured.
However, even a stallion with low volume, poor-quality semen, if properly managed, can adequately settle mares.
There are several kinds of hormones available that may help your mare to settle properly in case she is difficult to get in foal.
Synonyms: adjust
arrange
compose
decide
determine
establish
fix
regulate
Antonyms: remove
disturb
agitate
wander
Related words: settlement
settler
Derived words: dissettle
presettle
resettle
settee
settleable
settle accounts with
settle a score
settle bed
settle down
settle for
settle in
settle into
settle on
settle one's account
settle one's affairs
settle someone's hash
settle the score
settle up
settle upon
settle with
settlor
unsettle
wait for the dust to settle
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: разрешавам
roman: razrešavam
lang: Cebuano
word: husay
lang: Finnish
word: sopia
lang: French
word: régler
lang: Higaonon
word: husay
lang: Hungarian
word: rendez
lang: Italian
word: risolvere
lang: Japanese
word: 決着する
roman: kecchaku suru
lang: Māori
word: whakatatū
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: rèitich
lang: Spanish
word: solventar
lang: Spanish
word: solver
lang: Spanish
word: consentir
lang: Spanish
word: ajustar
lang: Spanish
word: dirimir
lang: Spanish
word: resolver
lang: Spanish
word: decidir
lang: Bulgarian
word: успокоявам
roman: uspokojavam
lang: Finnish
word: rauhoittua
lang: Māori
word: whakamāhaki
lang: Māori
word: whakamahuru
lang: Portuguese
word: apaziguar
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: seatlaig
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: stòl
lang: Arabic
word: اِسْتَعْمَرَ
roman: istaʕmara
lang: Arabic
word: اِسْتَوْطَنَ
roman: istawṭana
lang: Arabic
word: اِسْتَقَرَّ
roman: istaqarra
lang: Azerbaijani
word: məskunlaşmaq
lang: Azerbaijani
word: məskun salmaq
lang: Azerbaijani
word: yerləşmək
lang: Azerbaijani
word: yurd salmaq
lang: Bulgarian
word: заселвам се
roman: zaselvam se
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 殖民
roman: zhímín
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 定居
roman: dìngjū
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 安家落戶 /安家落户
roman: ānjiāluòhù
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: ukaantsi
lang: Czech
word: usadit se
lang: Dutch
word: vestigen
lang: Dutch
word: settelen
lang: Esperanto
word: enloĝiĝi
lang: Finnish
word: asuttaa
lang: French
word: s'installer
lang: French
word: ≈ in coloniser
lang: French
word: s'habituer
lang: German
word: siedeln
lang: Ancient Greek
word: οἰκίζω
roman: oikízō
lang: Hebrew
word: הִתְנַחֵל
lang: Hindi
word: बसना
roman: basnā
lang: Italian
word: stanziarsi
lang: Japanese
word: 居着く
roman: itsuku
lang: Japanese
word: 落ち着く
roman: ochitsuku
lang: Khmer
word: តាំងទីលំនៅ
roman: tangtiilumnɨw
lang: Latin
word: sedeo
lang: Māori
word: whakataiwhenua
lang: Māori
word: pūwhenua
lang: Māori
word: whakanohonoho
lang: Māori
word: whakanoho
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: bosette
lang: Polish
word: osiadać
lang: Polish
word: osiąść
lang: Polish
word: usadawiać się
lang: Polish
word: usadowić się
lang: Portuguese
word: assentar-se
lang: Russian
word: сели́ться
roman: selítʹsja
lang: Russian
word: заселя́ть
roman: zaseljátʹ
lang: Russian
word: колонизи́ровать
roman: kolonizírovatʹ
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: tuinich
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: àitich
lang: Slovak
word: usadiť sa
lang: Spanish
word: asentarse
lang: Spanish
word: establecerse
lang: Spanish
word: avecindarse
lang: Spanish
word: instalarse
lang: Spanish
word: domiciliarse
lang: Turkish
word: yerleşmek
lang: Ukrainian
word: сели́тися
roman: selýtysja
lang: Ukrainian
word: заселя́ти
roman: zaseljáty