settle

Etymology 1
From a merger of two verbs:
 * , from, from (compare 🇨🇬) and
 * ,, from , , from , (see , ).

is related to the former of the two verbs, but is not an immediate cognate of either of them.

Verb

 * 1) To conclude or resolve (something):
 * 2)  To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).
 * 3)  To conclude, to cause (a dispute) to finish.
 * 4)  In particular, to terminate (a lawsuit), usually out of court, by agreement of all parties.
 * 5)  To close, liquidate or balance (an account) by payment, sometimes of less than is owed or due.
 * 6)  To pay (a bill).
 * 7)  To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement on matters in dispute.
 * 8)  To conclude a lawsuit by agreement of the parties rather than a decision of a court.
 * 9)  To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
 * 10)  To put into (proper) place; to make sit or lie properly.
 * 11)  To cause to no longer be in a disturbed, confused or stormy; to quiet; to calm (nerves, waters, a boisterous or rebellious child, etc).
 * 12)  To silence, especially by force.
 * 13) To kill.
 * 14) * 1894-5, Patterson, Man and Nature (in The Primitive Methodist Magazine):
 * 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, [...]
 * 1)  To bring or restore (ground, roads, etc) to a smooth, dry, or passable condition.
 * 2)  To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
 * 3)  To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared.
 * 4) To establish or become established in a steady position:
 * 5)  To place in(to) a fixed or permanent condition or position or on(to) a permanent basis; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish or fix.
 * 6)  In particular, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, etc.
 * 7)  In particular, to establish in pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish.
 * 8)  To formally, legally secure (an annuity, property, title, etc) on (a person).
 * 9)  To make a jointure for a spouse.
 * 10) * 1712,, Epilogue to , by :
 * He sighs with most success that settles well.
 * 1)  To become married, or a householder.
 * 2)  To be established in a profession or in employment.
 * 3)  To become stationary or fixed; to come to rest.
 * 4)  To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony.
 * 5)  To colonize (an area); to migrate to (a land, territory, site, etc).
 * 6)  To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place).
 * 7) To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.
 * 8)  To clear or purify (a liquid) of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink.
 * 9)  To cause to sink down or to be deposited (dregs, sediment, etc).
 * 10)  To render compact or solid; to cause to become packed down.
 * 11)  To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
 * 12)  To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house, etc.
 * 13)  To become compact due to sinking.
 * 14)  To become clear due to the sinking of sediment.
 * 15)  Of an animal: to make or become pregnant.
 * 1)  In particular, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, etc.
 * 2)  In particular, to establish in pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish.
 * 3)  To formally, legally secure (an annuity, property, title, etc) on (a person).
 * 4)  To make a jointure for a spouse.
 * 5) * 1712,, Epilogue to , by :
 * He sighs with most success that settles well.
 * 1)  To become married, or a householder.
 * 2)  To be established in a profession or in employment.
 * 3)  To become stationary or fixed; to come to rest.
 * 4)  To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony.
 * 5)  To colonize (an area); to migrate to (a land, territory, site, etc).
 * 6)  To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place).
 * 7) To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.
 * 8)  To clear or purify (a liquid) of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink.
 * 9)  To cause to sink down or to be deposited (dregs, sediment, etc).
 * 10)  To render compact or solid; to cause to become packed down.
 * 11)  To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
 * 12)  To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house, etc.
 * 13)  To become compact due to sinking.
 * 14)  To become clear due to the sinking of sediment.
 * 15)  Of an animal: to make or become pregnant.
 * 1)  To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony.
 * 2)  To colonize (an area); to migrate to (a land, territory, site, etc).
 * 3)  To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place).
 * 4) To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.
 * 5)  To clear or purify (a liquid) of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink.
 * 6)  To cause to sink down or to be deposited (dregs, sediment, etc).
 * 7)  To render compact or solid; to cause to become packed down.
 * 8)  To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
 * 9)  To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house, etc.
 * 10)  To become compact due to sinking.
 * 11)  To become clear due to the sinking of sediment.
 * 12)  Of an animal: to make or become pregnant.
 * 1)  To cause to sink down or to be deposited (dregs, sediment, etc).
 * 2)  To render compact or solid; to cause to become packed down.
 * 3)  To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
 * 4)  To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house, etc.
 * 5)  To become compact due to sinking.
 * 6)  To become clear due to the sinking of sediment.
 * 7)  Of an animal: to make or become pregnant.
 * 1)  To become compact due to sinking.
 * 2)  To become clear due to the sinking of sediment.
 * 3)  Of an animal: to make or become pregnant.
 * 1)  Of an animal: to make or become pregnant.
 * 1)  Of an animal: to make or become pregnant.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Irish: socraigh
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ដោះស្រាយ
 * Scottish Gaelic: socraich, rèitich
 * Spanish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Cebuano: husay
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Higaonon: husay
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: whakatatū
 * Scottish Gaelic: rèitich


 * Bulgarian: разплащам се
 * Catalan:, ,
 * Esperanto: saldi
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Ido:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Maori: whakaea
 * Spanish:, ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Maori: whakamāhaki, whakamahuru
 * Scottish Gaelic: seatlaig, stòl


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Irish: socraigh
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer:
 * Maori: pūwhenua, whakanoho
 * Ngazidja Comorian: ehantsi
 * Polish: usadawiać, usadowić


 * Arabic: اِسْتَعْمَرَ, ,
 * Azerbaijani: məskunlaşmaq, məskun salmaq,, yurd salmaq
 * Bulgarian: заселвам се
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: enloĝiĝi
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ≈ in ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: οἰκίζω
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 居着く,
 * Khmer: តាំងទីលំនៅ
 * Latin: sedeo
 * Maori: whakataiwhenua, pūwhenua, whakanohonoho, whakanoho
 * Ngazidja Comorian: kaantsi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: bosette
 * Polish:, , usadawiać się, usadowić się
 * Portuguese: assentar-se
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: tuinich, àitich
 * Slovak: usadiť
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, заселя́ти


 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bulgarian: утаявам се
 * Maori: tatū


 * Czech: urovnat
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Ido:
 * Irish: socraigh
 * Japanese: ,
 * Maori: whakatatū
 * Norman:

Etymology 2
From, , , , , from , from , representing , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  A seat of any kind.
 * 2) * 1878–1880,, A History of the English People:
 * [The] Queen or eorl's wife, with a train of maidens, bore ale-bowl or mead-bowl round the hall, from the high settle of king or ealdorman in the midst to the mead benches ranged around its walls, while the gleeman sang the hero-songs
 * 1)  A long bench with a high back and arms, often with chest or storage space underneath.
 * 2) * 1880, Ellen Murray Beam, English translation of Captain Fracasse by Théophile Gautier (ISBN 9781465548160):
 * Let us return now to the little girl we left feigning to sleep soundly upon a settle in the kitchen.
 * 1)  A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.
 * 1) * 1880, Ellen Murray Beam, English translation of Captain Fracasse by Théophile Gautier (ISBN 9781465548160):
 * Let us return now to the little girl we left feigning to sleep soundly upon a settle in the kitchen.
 * 1)  A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.
 * 1)  A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.
 * 1)  A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.
 * 1)  A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.