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set·tle

(sĕt′l)

v. set·tled, set·tling, set·tles

v.tr.

1. To end or resolve (a dispute, for example) by making a decision or coming to an agreement. See Synonyms at decide.

2. Law

a. To resolve (a lawsuit or dispute) by mutual agreement of the parties rather than by court decision.

b. To make the determinations and distributions of (a trust).

a. To make compensation for (a claim).

b. To pay (a debt).

a. To put into order; arrange as desired: settle one's affairs.

b. To place or arrange in a desired position: settled the blanket over the baby; settled herself in an armchair.

c. To agree to or fix in advance: settled the date of the meeting in June.

a. To establish as a resident or residents: settled her family in Ohio.

b. To migrate to and establish residence in; colonize: Pioneers settled the West.

c. To establish in a residence, business, or profession: was finally settled in his own law practice.

6. To restore calmness or comfort to: The hot tea settled his nerves.

a. To cause to sink, become compact, or come to rest: shook the box to settle the raffle tickets.

b. To cause (a liquid) to become clear by forming a sediment.

v.intr.

1. To discontinue moving and come to rest in one place: The ball settled in the grass near the green.

2. To move downward; sink or descend, especially gradually: Darkness settled over the fields. Dust settled in the road.

a. To become clear by the sinking of suspended particles. Used of liquids.

b. To be separated from a solution or mixture as a sediment.

c. To become compact by sinking, as sediment when stirred up.

a. To establish one's residence: settled in Canada.

b. To become established or localized: The cold settled in my chest.

5. To reach a decision; decide: We finally settled on a solution to the problem.

6. To come to an agreement, especially to resolve a lawsuit out of court.

a. To provide compensation for a claim.

b. To pay a debt.

A long wooden bench with a high back, often including storage space beneath the seat.

Phrasal Verbs:

settle down

1. To begin living a stable and orderly life: He settled down as a farmer with a family.

2. To become calm or composed.

settle for

To accept in spite of incomplete satisfaction: had to settle for a lower wage than the one requested.

Idioms:

settle (one's) stomach

To relieve one's indigestion or nausea.

settle (someone's) hash Slang

To silence or subdue.

[Middle English setlen, to seat, from Old English setlan, from setl, seat; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]

set′tle·a·ble adj.

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settled

(ˈsɛtəld)

adj

resolved, agreed, or arrangedsteady; predictable; not likely to changecomfortable and at home

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Adj.	1.	settled - established or decided beyond dispute or doubt; "with details of the wedding settled she could now sleep at night" unsettled - still in doubt; "an unsettled issue"; "an unsettled state of mind"
	2.	settled - established in a desired position or place; not moving about; "nomads...absorbed among the settled people"; "settled areas"; "I don't feel entirely settled here"; "the advent of settled civilization" unsettled - not settled or established; "an unsettled lifestyle"
	3.	settled - inhabited by colonists colonised, colonized inhabited - having inhabitants; lived in; "the inhabited regions of the earth"
	4.	settled - not changeable; "a period of settled weather" calm - (of weather) free from storm or wind; "calm seas"

settled

adjective

1. balanced, established, permanent, sustained, enduring, long-standing His house was the only settled home I had as a child.

2. content, contented, satisfied, comfortable, fulfilled, at ease, willing to accept After a few years of being a diplomat she still didn't feel settled.

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settled

adjective

Firmly established by long standing:

confirmed, deep-rooted, deep-seated, entrenched, hard-shell, ineradicable, ingrained, inveterate, irradicable, set.

Translations

arreglado

stabile

settled

[ˈsetld] ADJ

1. (= fixed, established) [ideas, opinions] → fijo; [order, rhythm] → estable; [team] → fijo, estable
a settled social order → un orden social estable
the first settled civilization → la primera civilización estable
to feel settled (in a place, job) → sentirse adaptado
to get settled → adaptarse, amoldarse

2. (= colonized) the eastern settled regions of the country → los poblados or asentamientos permanentes de las regiones del este del país

3. [weather] → estable, asentado

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settled

[ˈsɛt^əld] adj

[life] → rangé(e); [home] → stable
His house was the only settled home I had as a child → Sa maison était le seul foyer stable que j'ai eu pendant mon enfance.

[situation, routine] → bien établi(e); [weather] → stable
There has been a period of settled weather → Il y a eu une période de temps stable.

(= comfortable, at home) → qui a pris ses marques
I still don't feel settled here → Je n'ai toujours pas pris mes marques ici.
I am very settled in my job and I don't want to leave → J'ai bien pris mes marques dans mon travail et je ne veux pas partir.

settled

adj weather → beständig; way of life → geregelt; opinions → fest; procedure → feststehend, festgelegt; to be settled → in geregelten Verhältnissen leben, etabliert sein; (in place) → sesshaft sein; (= have permanent job etc) → festen Fuß gefasst haben; (in a house) → sich häuslich niedergelassen haben; (= be less restless) → ruhiger or gesetzter sein; to feel settled → sich wohlfühlen; I don’t feel very settled at the moment → ich hänge zurzeit in der Luft (inf), → ich fühle mich zurzeit verunsichert

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It is not proper to enter here into the particulars of what part of the colony of Virginia we settled in, for divers reasons; it may suffice to mention that we went into the great river Potomac, the ship being bound thither; and there we intended to have settled first, though afterwards we altered our minds.

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When he had gone into the little drawing room, where he always had tea, and had settled himself in his armchair with a book , and Agafea Mihalovna had brought him tea, and with her usual, "Well, I'll stay a while, sir," had taken a chair in the window, he felt that, however strange it might be, he had not parted from his daydreams, and that he could not live without them.

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"Well, Richard," said I as soon as I could begin to be grave with him, "are you beginning to feel more settled now?"

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Gen.: Hesiod (says there were so called) because they settled in three groups: `And they all were called the Three-fold people, because they divided in three the land far from their country.' For (he says) that three Hellenic tribes settled in Crete, the Pelasgi, Achaeans and Dorians.

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"If he means to be but little at Netherfield, it would be better for the neighbourhood that he should give up the place entirely, for then we might possibly get a settled family there.

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In short, every thing was settled in the most satisfactory manner, Mr.

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His head was cut and bleeding; and one knee seemed to be badly injured; and it was speedily settled that he had better be conveyed at once to the only Surgery in the place.

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I have settled it in my mind to give my step- daughter Zinita in marriage to Masilo, but the marriage gift is not yet agreed on.

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Instead of which, and despite the calling in of the mail steamer bound for Sydney, Tudor had settled himself down comfortably, resumed swimming, went dynamiting fish with Joan, spent hours with her hunting pigeons, trapping crocodiles, and at target practice with rifle and revolver.

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The two first designs will be ready by the end of the week, to be paid for on delivery, according to the terms settled between us for my previous publications of the same size.

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"It's only the ones I haven't used," she urged; "and I can always make more when we get settled somewhere."

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"The matter is settled between us," interrupted Ishmael, with the air of one who, having made up his own opinion on the merits of the question, cared very little for those of other people; "you and your wife are free to go and come, when and how you please.