settle

Verb

1. (transitive) To conclude or resolve (something):
2. (transitive) To conclude or resolve (something):
3. (transitive) To conclude or resolve (something):
4. (transitive) To conclude or resolve (something):
5. (colloquial, transitive) To conclude or resolve (something):
6. (intransitive) To conclude or resolve (something):
7. (intransitive) To conclude or resolve (something):
8. (transitive) To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
9. (transitive) To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
10. (transitive) To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
11. (British, dialectal, transitive) To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
12. (transitive) To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
13. (transitive) To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
14. (intransitive) To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
15. (intransitive) To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
16. (transitive) To establish or become established in a steady position:
17. (transitive) To establish or become established in a steady position:
18. (US, obsolete, transitive) To establish or become established in a steady position:
19. (transitive) To establish or become established in a steady position:
20. (intransitive, obsolete) To establish or become established in a steady position:
21. (intransitive) To establish or become established in a steady position:
22. (intransitive) To establish or become established in a steady position:
23. (intransitive, usually) To establish or become established in a steady position:
24. (intransitive) To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare settle down.)
25. (intransitive, transitive) To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare settle down.)
26. (transitive) To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place).
27. (transitive) To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.
28. (transitive) To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.
29. (transitive) To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.
30. (intransitive) To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.
31. (intransitive) To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.
32. (intransitive) To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.
33. (intransitive) To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.
34. (ambitransitive) Of an animal: to make or become pregnant.

Noun

1. (archaic) A seat of any kind.
2. (archaic) A long bench with a high back and arms, often with chest or storage space underneath.
3. (obsolete) A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part. (Compare a depression.)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɛtl̩/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: setlen

Inherited from Old English: setlan

Cognate with Dutch: zetelen

Inherited from Middle English: sahtlen

Inherited from Old English: sahtlian

Inherited from Middle English: settle

Inherited from Old English: setl

Cognate with Dutch: zetel

Cognate with German: Sessel

Cognate with Latin: sella

In summary

From a merger of two verbs:
* Middle English setlen, from Old English setlan (“to settle, seat, put to rest”), from Old English setl (“seat”) (compare Dutch zetelen (“to be established, settle”)) and
* Middle English sahtlen, seihtlen (“to reconcile, calm, subside”), from Old English sahtlian, ġesehtlian (“to reconcile”), from Old English saht, seht (“settlement, agreement, reconciliation, peace”) (see saught, -le).
German siedeln (“to settle”) is related to the former of the two verbs, but is not an immediate cognate of either of them.

Synonyms

decide

resolve

fix

arrange

determine

subside

adjust

settle down

sink

solve

set

colonize

conclude

pay

💸

finish

reconcile

repay

reside

disburse

locate

put in order

establish

alight

pay a debt

inhabit

go down

agree

dispose of

place

land

precipitate

finalize

clear

sit down

rest

seat

💺

order

dwell

dispatch

live

adjudicate

populate

conciliate

colonise

pay off

square

square up

take a seat

manage

end

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Translations

décider

resolver

coloniser

asentarse

résoudre

régler

sistemare

استقر

s’établir

استوطن

قرر

استعمر

فصل

هدأ

وطن

Sentences

Those make it very cost intensive for a lot of families to settle in Enghien.