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settle

verb
  1. bring to an end
    “settle conclusively”
    resolvedecideadjudicate
  2. settle conclusively
    clinch
  3. end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement
    “The two parties finally settled”
  4. come to terms
    bargainmake uppatch upreconcileconciliate
  5. accept despite lack of complete satisfaction
    “We settled for a lower price”
  6. get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury
    “I finally settled with my old enemy”
    get back
  7. arrange or fix in the desired order
    “I settled the teacart before serving.”
  8. fix firmly
    ensconce
  9. sink down or precipitate
    subside
  10. cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)
  11. become clear by the sinking of particles
    “the liquid gradually settled”
  12. come to rest
  13. settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
    “dust settled on the roofs”
    settle down
  14. go under, 'The raft sank and its occupants drowned'
    sink
  15. dispose of
    “make a financial settlement”
    removeclean upget rid of
  16. come as if by falling
    fall
  17. take up residence and become established
    “The immigrants settled in the Midwest”
    locate
  18. form a community
    “The Swedes settled in Minnesota”
  19. become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
    “We finally settled down.”
    roottake rootsteady downsettle down
  20. make final
    finalizefinalisenail down
  21. establish or develop as a residence
    “Our ancestors settled the farm 200 years ago.”
  22. become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet
    “The roar settled to a thunder”
noun
  1. a long wooden bench with a back
    settee