Settle

seftl, v. t. [-tled (-tld), -tling.] To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady or stable; to establish in busine , in situation, in pastoral office, etc.; to render quiet, clear, etc.; to still; to clear of dregs and impurities; to restore to seat; a smooth, dry, or pa able condition; to cause to place, sink, lower, depre ; to free from uncertainty or in a wavering; to make sure, firm, or constant; to adjust per- (something in discu ion or controversy); to adjust to (accounts), liquidate, balance; to plant with in habu nit ants, colonize, people, — v. i. To become fixed or plant; permanent, establish one's self, a ume a lasting in or form or condition; to fix one's place or residence, off; take up habitation, be established in an employment into or profe ion; to become quiet or clear, become dry and hard, as the ground after rain or frost; to clarto exify and deposit dregs, as a liquid; to sink gradually, tune); subside: to become calm, cease from agitation; to as a adjust of settling, differences or state or of accounts.— being settled; Settlement,' establishment n. Act in (words busine , condition, etc.; ordination or installation with be as pastor; establishment of inhabitants; colonizato tion; act or proce of adjusting or determining; j end, eve, term j in, Ice; odd, tone, 6r j composure of doubts or differences; liquidation of accounts; bestowal or giving po e ion under legal sanction; that which settles, or is settled, established, or fixed, —as, matter that subsides, settlings, lees, dregs; or, a colony newly established, place settled; or, the sum secured to a person; esp., jointure made to a woman at her marriage. (Law.) Disposition of property for the beneht of some person, usually through trustees; a settled place of abode; residence; legal residence. — Set'tler, One who settles; esp., one who establishes himself in a colony; a colonist. — Set'tling, n. Act of making a settlement, or of subsiding, as lees; adjustment of differences, pi. Lees; dregs; sediment. 389