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settle (iou)



settle verb. OE.
[from SETTLE noun1.]
I. verb trans. Seat; put in a seat or place of rest; cause to sit down. OE-L17.
verb trans. Place (material things) in order, or in a convenient or desired position; adjust (one's clothing etc.). E16.
A. Trollope When you're settling the room after breakfast. J. Agee With great care..settled it into the breastpocket of his shirt. A. Uttley Mrs. Garland settled her bonnet.
verb trans. Place (a person) in an attitude of repose, so as to be undisturbed for a time; make comfortable. E16.
I. McEwan Caroline was settling Mary in one of the..wooden chairs.
b. verb refl. & intrans. Dispose oneself comfortably, adjust one's position on a chair etc. with the intention of remaining seated. M16.
E. Waugh They settled themselves in easy chairs and drank brandy. A. Carter He settled back among the cushions.
verb trans. In pass. & refl. Have taken up one's abode; be installed in a residence, have completed one's arrangements for residing. M16.
W. Bingley You, I presume, are by this time comfortably settled in your new residence. J. H. Newman A tribe of them..settled themselves between the high Tartar land and the sea of Aral.
verb trans. Fix or establish permanently (one's abode, residence, etc.). M16.
Sir W. Scott The town at which I had settled my temporary establishment.
verb trans. Fix, implant (in a person's heart, mind, etc.); set firmly on a foundation. M16-E18.
verb trans. Cause to take up residence in a place; esp. establish (a body of people) as residents in a town or country; introduce as colonists. L16.
Evelyn I went..to settle physitians, chirurgeons,..marshals and Other officers in all the Sea Ports.
b. Hist. Assign to (a person) a legal domicile in a particular parish. Usu. in pass. L16.
c. Sentence (a person) to imprisonment, put in prison. US slang. L19.
verb trans. Establish or set up (an institution, a business, etc.) in a particular town or country. L16-L18.
verb trans. Provide (a place) with inhabitants or settlers; establish a colony in. L17.
K. Weatherly When this country is closely settled..the red kangaroos will die out.
II. verb intrans. Take a seat, sit down; (of the sun) set. OE-LME.
verb intrans. Take up a position of rest after flying or floating; alight on; come down and remain. ME.
M. Muggeridge Explosions whose dust has never had time to settle before others have erupted. C. Milne A flock of starlings rise from a field..and then settle again a hundred yards away. E. Figes A large amber butterfly..settled on a poppy.
verb intrans. Come to rest after moving about; become fixed in or on; (of pain or disease) establish itself in or on a definite part of the body. L16.
verb intrans. Stop moving about and adopt a fixed abode; establish a permanent residence, make one's permanent Home, become domiciled. Also foll. by down. E17.
J. Barth The Macks settled just outside Baltimore to live.
b. spec. Of a group of people: begin to live permanently in a foreign country; establish a colony. L17.
verb intrans. Hunting. Of hounds: keep steadily to the scent. Foll. by to, upon. L18.
verb intrans. Foll. by in:
a. Dispose oneself comfortably for remaining indoors. M19.
E. H. Yates The inhabitants..had pulled their blinds down and settled in for the night.
b. Become established in a new Home; become accustomed to a new Home or to new surroundings. E20.
III.
verb intrans. Sink down gradually (as) by its own weight; subside; (of a ship) sink gradually. ME.
B. B. Schofield The Navarino was struck by two torpedoes..and at once started to settle.
b. fig. Sink deeply into (the mind, the heart). ME-L16.
a. verb intrans. Subside into a solid mass; become consolidated (as) by its own weight. M16.
C. Weston The familiar night sounds of the old house settling.
b. verb trans. Cause to subside into a solid mass; consolidate, compact. E17.
verb trans. Nautical. Diminish the height of, reduce to a lower level (a deck, a topsail). E17.
IV.
verb intrans. Of a liquid: become still after agitation or fermentation, so that suspended particles or impurities are separated as scum or sediment. LME.
b. verb trans. Cause (liquor) to deposit dregs or work off impurities; clarify. rare. L16.
verb intrans. Of suspended particles or impurities in a liquid: come to rest after agitation or disturbance; collect as scum or sediment by gravitation. Now chiefly (with mixture of sense 16), sink to the bottom as sediment. LME.
b. Of Food or a meal: be digested. M20.
L. P. Hartley We've given our tea time to settle.
verb trans. Quiet, tranquillize, compose, remedy the disordered state of (the nerves, the stomach, etc.); allay (passion). M16.
Bunyan Hoping that sleep might settle his brains..they got him to bed. A. Trollope Cold pudding is good to settle a man's love. T. Morrison You need to have some babies. It'll settle you.
verb intrans. Become calm or composed, subside, calm down; come to a quiet or orderly state after excitement or restless activity. Also foll. by down. L16.
Sir W. Scott Better let her mind settle a little. R. P. Jhabvala After Cooking my meal, I settle down crosslegged on the floor. D. Profumo It was a long time before he could settle again into sleep.
verb trans. Quiet with a blow; knock down dead or unconscious, stun. E17.
verb intrans. Come to an end of a series of changes or fluctuations and assume a definite form or condition. Also foll. by down, (of weather) in. L17.
Baroness Orczy The wind had changed, and was settling down to a comfortable north-westerly breeze. A. S. Neill To see the world before they settle down to university work. P. Mailloux Finished his article..and then settled back into his office routine.
V.
verb trans. Ensure the stability or permanence of (a condition of things, a quality, power, etc.). LME.
Tennyson 'Tis hard to settle order once again.
verb trans. Make steadfast or constant, end the irresolution of. LME.
Defoe William settled my mind to more prudent steps.
verb refl. & intrans. Fix one's attention (up)on an object; make up one's mind to do; dispose or set oneself steadily to some Employment. Now usu. with mixture of sense 21, compose oneself after excitement or restlessness and apply oneself quietly to work. Freq. foll. by down. M16.
Horace Walpole The Opposition, like schoolboys, don't know how to settle to their books again after the holidays. H. Martineau I settle myself down to my pursuits.
verb trans. Secure or confirm (a person) in a position of authority or an office; install permanently, establish in an office or way of life; provide a secure future for (a dependant etc., oneself) through Marriage. M16.
T. Hook The prudent gentlewoman..wishes to settle her daughter. C. Kingsley A practice large enough to enable him to settle two sons well in his own profession.
b. In Presbyterian Churches: appoint (a minister) to the charge of a parish. (Foll. by over.) Chiefly Scot. & US. E18.
verb trans. Subject to permanent regulations, set permanently in order, place on a permanent footing; bring into a permanent form. L16.
verb trans. Secure by decree, ordinance, enactment, or a deed of settlement. Foll. by to, on, or upon (a person). E17.
W. Blackstone It became usual..to settle by express deed some special estate to the use of the husband and his wife. J. Rathbone He settled a sum of money on..Teresa. Accountancy Mrs Kalms settled shares on discretionary trusts for the benefit of her daughter.
verb intrans. Adopt a regular or secure style of life, esp. with a partner in Marriage. Also foll. by down. E18.
M. T. Sadler Their very object in leaving their native countries is to settle in life. A. C. Clarke It seemed a pity that he had never married and settled down.
VI.
verb intrans. Arrange matters in dispute, come to terms or agreement with a person. E16.
a. verb trans. Appoint or fix definitely beforehand, decide or agree on (a time, place, plan of action, price, conditions, etc., to do). L16.
S. E. Ferrier These matters being settled, Miss Pratt..accepted the arm of her companion. E. B. Browning It was settled that I should pay her a visit. E. M. Forster We can settle how much you can give Charles. N. Mosley They must finally have settled to go to their room.
b. verb intrans. Come to a decision or agreement; decide (up)on a plan of action, an object of choice; (foll. by for) decide or agree on, content oneself with. M19.
J. Gardam My mum..settled on marrying Bell. Times Workers settle for single figure rises. L. Cody He conjured up beef..while she settled for chicken. Janet Morgan The house on which they eventually settled, after a year or so of looking.
verb trans. Decide, come to a fixed conclusion on (a question, a matter of doubt or discussion); bring to an end (a dispute) by agreement or intervention; put beyond dispute, establish (a principle or fact). M17.
W. Gerhardie Violent disputes which he was called upon to settle. F. Fitzgerald The conflict could not be settled except by unconditional surrender. C. Hill The question of power in England had been finally settled. W. Abish We might give it a try...'Have you eaten there?' 'No'. 'Then, that settles it.'
a. verb trans. Close (an account) by a money payment; pay (an account, a bill, etc.). L17.
P. Scott If you find things more expensive than I've put down..I'll settle the balance during the week.
b. verb intrans. Settle accounts by payment. Usu. foll. by with. L18.
Phrases: settle a person's hash: see HASH noun1. settle one's affairs, settle one's estate arrange for the disposal of one's property, the payment of one's debts, etc., esp. with a view to one's death, removal to a distance, or retirement. settle on the lees, settle upon the lees: see LEES. wait until the dust settles: see DUST noun.
settleable adjective (a) rare able to be settled; (b) having the property of settling or sinking to the bottom of a liquid: M19.

glockenspiel (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Language: German; Origin: glocke 'bell' + spiel 'play']
a musical instrument consisting of many flat metal bars of different lengths, that you play with special hammers
-see also xylophone xylophone