verb

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To conclude or resolve (something):

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To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).

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to settle her estate

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To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.

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the weather settled;  wait until the crowd settles before speaking

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To establish or become established in a steady position:

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To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare settle down.)

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the Saxons who settled in Britain

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To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place).

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To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.

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To make a jointure for a spouse.

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(of an animal) To make or become pregnant.

Examples of settles in a Sentence

When the dust settles, he can probably get on staff at Keene State.

The slag and matte formed float upon the lead in the crucible and are tapped, usually together, at intervals into slag-pots, where the heavy matter settles on the bottom and the light slag on the top. When cold they are readily separated by a blow from a hammer.

Sam finally spoke, "Well that settles that."

In a top fermentation - typical of English breweries - the yeast rises, in a bottom fermentation, as the phrase implies, it settles in the vessel.

The water which has found its way through the granitic sand flows over the surface of the mica schist and settles in the hollows, and by sinking wells to the solid rock a supply of water can generally be obtained.

This biological activity produces a humus sludge which settles out in special humus tanks.

This is equally true of The State of Moksha, which also settles upon the listener like an evening raga.

If the wheel be driven at such rate that the armatures move one place on in about the period of the current, then on putting on the current the electromagnet controls the rate of the wheel so that the agreement of period is exact, and the wheel settles down to move so that the electric driving forces just supply the work taken out of the wheel.

This book, her first mature experiment in writing, settles the question of her ability to write.

It is only possible to capture prisoners if they agree to be captured, just as it is only possible to catch a swallow if it settles on one's hand.

This may change after the initial launch as the use of the building settles into a regular pattern.

Dish is empty, waddles off, settles down, then nods off !

You may find that your baby settles into sleep much easier when she is snuggled into a Pretty Momma Solarveil sling.

It is possible he will stop doing this so much once he settles in, but he may not ever be a cat who will share a bed without waking you.

If you want, you can try lying very still when he starts this behavior and see if he settles in after that amount of time.

Of course, you'll probably want to buy and try several cat litter brands before you and, most importantly, your cat settles on a brand.

Slowly pour grenadine syrup until it settles on the bottom of the glass.

Slowly pour grenadine syrup until it settles on the bottom of glass.

Until a litigation lawyer wins or settles a case, all the costs of putting on the lawsuit will be assumed by his or her office.

It's a heavy, thick haze that settles over most large metropolitan areas and is most easily seen in the warm summer months.

Those with flaky or very dry skin may find that the makeup settles or adheres to dry areas.

Unlike alcohol based perfume which quickly dissipates once it's applied to the skin, oil settles and absorbs into the skin at a much slower rate.

Often, the initial spray of a scent can turn off or attract a buyer, yet slowly change their impression as the fragrance settles down and blends with the body's natural chemistry.

When you start to feel overwhelmed and anxious, tell yourself that these feelings are normal and will go away as soon as life settles down.

It is often recommended that spacers be placed between the flooring and the wall, which will allow for any expanding and contracting that might occur as the floor settles into place or as the temperature in the room changes.

It can also shrink hair follicles if it settles into the scalp.

Master Chief settles down into a life support tube.

Hyaline membrane-A fibrous layer that settles in the alveoli in respiratory distress syndrome and prevents oxygen from escaping from inhaled air to the bloodstream.

Even before a couple walks onto the floor, the gown establishes a first impression, a mood that settles over the partners and permeates their dance.

A few days or weeks before labor begins, the baby settles down into your pelvis with his/her head pointing downward.

He settles down when he meets and marries Tina.

Getting good information from your piercer about how to heal your new piercing will help ensure it settles down and looks good quickly.

Where that fat settles on your body is largely dictated by your genes.

From bar-hopping with a core group of friends to more risque outings, the goal is to give the soon-to-be-married man a wild night to remember before he settles in to married life.

Still clearly British, her voice speaks out with even more ease as she settles into the middle of her series.

When young, one's daemon can shapeshift to a variety of animal shapes, but as one grows older, the daemon settles on one animal form.

As a proof of the seriousness with which he regarded the literary vocation, it may be mentioned that he used to write out his poems in printed characters, believing that that process best enabled him to understand his own peculiarities and faults, and probably unconscious that Coleridge had recommended some such method of criticism when he said he thought "print settles it."

But in other cases the encrusted star settles in that portion of the revolving vortex which has a velocity equivalent to its own, and so continues to revolve in the vortex, wrapped in its own firmament.

The general assembly reviews all the work of the Church; settles controversies; makes administrative laws; directs and stimulates missionary and other spiritual work; appoints professors of theology; admits to the ministry applicants from other churches; hears and decides complaints, references and appeals which have come up through the inferior courts; and takes cognizance of all matters connected with the Church's interests or with the general welfare of the people.

When the latter is reached and the pit completed, the larva settles down at the bottom, buried in the soil with only the jaws projecting above the surface.

If the precipitate settles readily, the supernatant liquor may be decanted through the filter paper, more water added to the precipitate and again decanted.

He settles upon His glorious throne with His essence.

John proves himself to be a cad, a bounder and a rotter, bedding whichever ladies his eye settles upon.

That settles matters, tonight we leave the bimini up to protect us from any wayward spewed volcanic rocks.

After running the gamut of tango styles in the first act, the company settles down to some serious virtuosity and sizzle.

Wear the TED stockings during the day for the next 4-5 weeks whilst the bruising settles.

The second work is practical or temporal; it settles the distribution of power, and the institutions that are most conformable to the spirit of the system which has previously been thought out in the course of the theoretic work.

The Reason is the superior andre onderant element which settles the direction p p in which all the other faculties shall expand.

Volcanic dust thrown into the air settles out slowly, and some of the products of submarine and littoral volcanoes, like pumice-stone, possess a remarkable power of floating and may drift into any part of the ocean before they become waterlogged and sink.

Yet as Barrow held that a church could exist prior to its ministry, this settles nothing.

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