Chaucer, Merchant's Tale, 1

1161. But I will settle him in mine house, and in my kingdom 1 Chron. xvii. 14. The God of all grace... stablish, strengthen, settle 1 Pet. v. 10. The land Salique is in Germany, Where Charles the Great, having subdued the Saxons, There left behind and settled certain French. Shak., Hen. V., i. 2. 47. Milton, P. L., vi. 540. Sad resolution. .. Settled in his face I see That the glory of the City may not be laid upon the tears of the Orphans and Widows, but that its foundations may be setled upon Justice and Piety. Stilling fleet , Sermons, I. i. 2. To establish or fix, as in any way of life, or in any busine , office, or charge: as, to settle a young man in a trade or profe ion; to settle a daughter by marriage; to settle a clergyman in a parish. The father thought the time drew on Of settling in the world his only son. I therefore have resolved to settle thee, and chosen a young lady, witty, prudent, rich, and fair. IMG:content-0724.png:[blocks in formation] or legal proce or act: as, to settle an annuity on a person. Settled estate, in law , an estate held strict, defined by the deed. Settled Estates Act, any by some tenant for life, under conditions, more or le one of a number of modern English statutes (1856, 1874, 1876, 1877), facilitating the leasing and sale, through the Court of Chancery, etc., of estates held subject to limitations or in trust. See settlement. - Settled Land Act, either of the English statutes of 1882 (45 and 46 Vict., c. 38) and 1884 (47 and 48 Vict., c. 18), which authorize the sale, exchange, or leasing of land, including heirlooms, limited or in trust by way of succe ion. To settle the land, to cause it to appear to sink by receding from it. To settle the topsail-halyards ( naut . ), to ease off the halyards a little so as to lower the yard slightly. =Syn. 1. To fix, institute, ordain.