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   Settle , n. [OE. setel, setil, a seat, AS. setl: akin to OHG. sezzal, G. sessel, Goth. sitls, and E. sit. √154. See Sit.]
   A seat of any kind. [Obs.] “Upon the settle of his majesty” 
   Hampole.
   
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   A bench; especially, a bench with a high back.
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   A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.
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   And from the bottom upon the ground, even to the lower settle, shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit.
   Ezek. xliii. 14.
   
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   Settle bed, a bed convertible into a seat. [Eng.]
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   Settle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Settled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Settling .] [OE. setlen, AS. setlan. √154. See Settle, n. In senses 7, 8, and 9 perhaps confused with OE. sahtlen to reconcile, AS. sahtlian, fr. saht reconciliation, sacon to contend, dispute. Cf. Sake.]
   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.
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   And he settled his countenance steadfastly upon him, until he was ashamed.
   2 Kings viii. 11. (Rev. Ver.)
   
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   The father thought the time drew on
   Of setting in the world his only son.
   Dryden.
   
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   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. [U. S.]
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   To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose.
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   God settled then the huge whale-bearing lake.
   Chapman.
   
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   Hoping that sleep might settle his brains.
   Bunyan.
   
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   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.
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   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.
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   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.
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   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.
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   It will settle the wavering, and confirm the doubtful.
   Swift.
   
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   To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel.
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   To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account.
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   Hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill. [Colloq.]
   Abbott.
   
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   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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   To settle on or To settle upon, (a) to confer upon by permanent grant; to assure to. “I . . . have settled upon him a good annuity.” Addison. (b) to choose; to decide on; -- sometimes with the implication that the choice is not ideal, but the best available. -- To settle the land (Naut.), to cause it to sink, or appear lower, by receding from it.
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   Syn. -- To fix; establish; regulate; arrange; compose; adjust; determine; decide.
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   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.
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   The wind came about and settled in the west.
   Bacon.
   
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   Chyle . . . runs through all the intermediate colors until it settles in an intense red.
   Arbuthnot.
   
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   To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home; as, the Saxons who settled in Britain.
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   To enter into the married state, or the state of a householder.
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   As people marry now and settle.
   Prior.
   
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   To be established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of law.
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   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.
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   To become clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify by depositing matter held in suspension; as, the weather settled; wine settles by standing.
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   A government, on such occasions, is always thick before it settles.
   Addison.
   
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   To sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reserveir.
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   To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc.
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   To become calm; to cease from agitation.
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   Till the fury of his highness settle,
   Come not before him.
   Shak.
   
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   To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors.
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   To make a jointure for a wife.
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   He sighs with most success that settles well.
   Garth.
   
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