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

• The curate settled his collar, coughed, and, making an effort, knocked.
• She twisted out from under the claim of his palm to settle her feet on the floor.

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

• God settled then the huge whale-bearing lake, / And Tenedos we reach'd; [...]
• [I]t drawing towards night, and they hoping that ſleep might ſettle his brains, with all haſt they got him to bed; [...]

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

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

• I poured a charge of powder over the nipple so as not tu miss goin' off if possible. Click! went the match,—up jumped the flock, or tried tu. As they bunched up, Peggy blazed intu 'em, settlin’ how many I didn't know, …

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

• clear weather settles the roads

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

• The weather settled.
• Wait until the crowd settles before speaking.

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

• The roads settled late in the spring.

To establish or become established in a steady position:

• And he settled his countenance stedfastly [upon him], until he was ashamed.

To establish or become established in a steady position:

• Now thirteen Years of Age were ſwiftly run, / When the fond Father thought the time drew on / Of ſettling in the World his only Son.
• But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever.

obsoleteTo establish or become established in a steady position:

• to settle a minister

lawTo establish or become established in a steady position:

obsoleteTo establish or become established in a steady position:

• He sighs with most success that settles well.

To establish or become established in a steady position:

• As People marry now, and ſettle; / Fierce Love abates his uſual Mettle: [...]

To establish or become established in a steady position:

• He is settled in the profession of law at Rochester, New York.
• Following his avowed aim to settle in his profession of medicine, Sloane arranged to call on Dr Thomas Sydenham, the foremost physician of his day in London, known as 'the English Hippocrates'.

To establish or become established in a steady position:

• But then the Wind came about, and ſetled in the West for many dayes, ſo as we could make little or no way, and were ſometimes in purpoſe to turne backe.
• Chyle [...] runs through all the intermediate colors until it settles in an intense red.

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

• the Saxons who settled in Britain
• The British could identify very few ‘village elders’ in the colony. The reason was that the majority of the Chinese in Hong Kong were male immigrants with no village to which to attach themselves. They tended to settle in an area known as Sheung Wan (the Upper Bay) on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island.

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

• the French first settled Canada
• the Puritans settled New England

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

• Rome began to settle displaced or disenfranchised citizens, veterans, and allies in colonies beyond Italy.

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

• to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee

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

• to settle the sediment out of the water

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

• to settle the chips in the potato chip bag by shaking it

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

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

• Sometimes a tub will settle at one corner, causing the rim to slope.

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

• The chips in the bag of potato chips settled during shipping.

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

• wine settles by standing

Of an animal: to make or become pregnant.

• Some mares do not show signs of being in heat even when tried ("teased") regularly with a stallion, but they often can be settled either by natural or artificial service, provided the approximate time of ovulation is determined and they are not suffering from either a diseased or abnormal condition of the reproductive system.
• During March, 1926, two more mares were bred to him and on February 14, 1927 one of them foaled a perfectly formed bay stud foal. It is not known whether or not the other mare settled for she was never returned for trial.