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n (archaic) A seat of any kind.

n A long bench, often with a high back and arms, with storage space underneath for linen.

n (obsolete) A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.

v (transitive) 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.

v (transitive|obsolete|US) 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.

v (transitive) To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose.

v (transitive) 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.

v (transitive) 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.

v (transitive) 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.

v (transitive) To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or question; to free from uncertainty 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.

v (transitive) To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to 'settle' a quarrel.

v (transitive|archaic) To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to 'settle' an account.

v (transitive|colloquial) To pay; as, to settle a bill. --Abbott.

v (transitive) To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the French first 'settled' Canada; the Puritans 'settled' New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620.

v (intransitive) 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.

v (intransitive) To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home; as, the Saxons who 'settled' in Britain.

v (intransitive) To enter into the married state, or the state of a householder.

v (intransitive) To be established in an employment or profession; as, to 'settle' in the practice of law.

v (intransitive) 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.

v (intransitive) To become clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify by depositing matter held in suspension; as, the weather 'settled'; wine 'settles' by standing.

v (intransitive) To sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.

v (intransitive) To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc.

v (intransitive) To become calm; to cease from agitation.

v (intransitive) To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has 'settled' with his creditors.

v (intransitive|obsolete) To make a jointure for a wife.