Definition of settle

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of settle is as below...

Settle (v. i.) 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..

Lern More About Settle

Problematical :: Problematical (a.) Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; doubtful.
Umpire :: Umpire (v. t.) To decide as umpire; to arbitrate; to settle, as a dispute..
Settle :: Settle (v. i.) 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..
Antirenter :: Antirenter (n.) One opposed to the payment of rent; esp. one of those who in 1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York.
Weighlock :: Weighlock (n.) A lock, as on a canal, in which boats are weighed and their tonnage is settled..
Settle :: Settle (n.) To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose.
Balance :: Balance (n.) To settle and adjust, as an account; to make two accounts equal by paying the difference between them..
Widowhood :: Widowhood (n.) Estate settled on a widow.
Positive :: Positive (n.) That which settles by absolute appointment.
Bushman :: Bushman (n.) A woodsman; a settler in the bush.
Ambulatory :: Ambulatory (a.) Not yet fixed legally, or settled past alteration; alterable; as, the dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator..
Open :: Open (a.) Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration; as, an open account; an open question; to keep an offer or opportunity open..
Dowager :: Dowager (n.) A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease..
Candidating :: Candidating (n.) The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement..
Anglo-saxon :: Anglo-Saxon (n.) One of the race or people who claim descent from the Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic tribes who settled in England; a person of English descent in its broadest sense..
Statarianly :: Statarian (a.) Fixed; settled; steady; statary.
Sight :: Sight (v. t.) A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained; as, the sight of a quadrant..
Straggler :: Straggler (n.) One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs; one who falls behind the rest; one who rambles without any settled direction..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor..
Wowf :: Wowf (a.) Disordered or unsettled in intellect; deranged.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us