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Settling   /sˈɛtəlɪŋ/  /sˈɛtlɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Settle  v. t.  (past & past part. settled; pres. part. settling)  
1.
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. "And he settled his countenance steadfastly upon him, until he was ashamed." "The father thought the time drew on Of setting in the world his only son."
2.
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.)
3.
To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose. "God settled then the huge whale-bearing lake." "Hoping that sleep might settle his brains."
4.
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.
5.
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.
6.
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.
7.
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. "It will settle the wavering, and confirm the doubtful."
8.
To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel.
9.
To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account.
10.
Hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill. (Colloq.)
11.
To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620.
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."
(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.
Synonyms: To fix; establish; regulate; arrange; compose; adjust; determine; decide.


Settle  v. i.  
1.
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. "The wind came about and settled in the west." "Chyle... runs through all the intermediate colors until it settles in an intense red."
2.
To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home; as, the Saxons who settled in Britain.
3.
To enter into the married state, or the state of a householder. "As people marry now and settle."
4.
To be established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of law.
5.
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.
6.
To become clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify by depositing matter held in suspension; as, the weather settled; wine settles by standing. "A government, on such occasions, is always thick before it settles."
7.
To sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reserveir.
8.
To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc.
9.
To become calm; to cease from agitation. "Till the fury of his highness settle, Come not before him."
10.
To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors.
11.
To make a jointure for a wife. "He sighs with most success that settles well."


noun
Settling  n.  
1.
The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one's self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.
2.
pl. That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment.
Settling day, a day for settling accounts, as in the stock market.





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"Settling" Quotes from Famous Books



... for she was exceedingly shocked, and felt herself partly in fault, for having left the hoard in an unlocked cupboard. She feared to do anything hastily, lest she should bring suspicion on the innocent; and she thought all would do better if time were given for settling down. All were disappointed at thus losing the excitement, fancying perhaps that instant search and inquiry would hunt up the money; and David put himself quite into a sullen fit. No, he would not turn round, nor read, nor ...
— The Stokesley Secret • Charlotte M. Yonge
... "'She's settling, Israel,' said his son Jacob, that's counted soft, but can raise the tune at meeting—none like him ...
— The Dew of Their Youth • S. R. Crockett
... big arm-chair,' he said, handing me his cigarette- case and settling me down in comfort; 'but I entertain very seldom. I should like to be hospitable,' he went on; '—I really think it's in me; but that's pretty much out of the question here. I have no chef, no dining-room of my own, ...
— Bertram Cope's Year • Henry Blake Fuller
... interposes his wife, "I wish you would keep your stupid stories to yourself, or else go away. We are very busy settling about Molly's things." ...
— Molly Bawn • Margaret Wolfe Hamilton
... Varney received a letter to inform him that the last surviving trustee was no more, that the trust was therefore now centred in his son and heir, that that gentleman was at present very busy in settling his own affairs and examining into a very mismanaged property in Devonshire which had devolved upon him, but that he hoped in a few months to discharge, more efficiently than his father had done, the duties of trustee, and that some more ...
— Lucretia, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton


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