set·tle /ˈsɛtḷ/
 有背的長凳(vt.)決定,整理,安放,使定居,使平靜,調停,支付,安排,安放,解決
 set·tle /ˈsɛtḷ/ 動詞
 沉下,沉降,使密合,沉積,澄清
 settle
 穩定; 調整
 Set·tle n.
 1. A seat of any kind. [Obs.] “Upon the settle of his majesty”
 2. A bench; especially, a bench with a high back.
 3. A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.
    And from the bottom upon the ground, even to the lower settle, shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit.   --Ezek. xliii. 14.
 Settle bed, a bed convertible into a seat. [Eng.]
 Set·tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Settled p. pr. & vb. n. Settling ]
 1. To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; esp., to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, or the like.
    And he settled his countenance steadfastly upon him, until he was ashamed.   --2 Kings viii. 11. (Rev. Ver.)
 The father thought the time drew on
 Of setting in the world his only son.   --Dryden.
 2. To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish; as, to settle a minister. [U. S.]
 3. To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose.
    God settled then the huge whale-bearing lake.   --Chapman.
    Hoping that sleep might settle his brains.   --Bunyan.
 4. To clear of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink; to render pure or clear; -- said of a liquid; as, to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee.
 5. To restore or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like; as, clear weather settles the roads.
 6. To cause to sink; to lower; to depress; hence, also, to render close or compact; as, to settle the contents of a barrel or bag by shaking it.
 7. To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or question; to free from unscertainty or wavering; to make sure, firm, or constant; to establish; to compose; to quiet; as, to settle the mind when agitated; to settle questions of law; to settle the succession to a throne; to settle an allowance.
    It will settle the wavering, and confirm the doubtful.   --Swift.
 8. To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel.
 9. To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account.
 10. Hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill. [Colloq.]
 11. To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620.
 To settle on or To settle upon, (a) to confer upon by permanent grant; to assure to. “I . . . have settled upon him a good annuity.” --Addison. (b) to choose; to decide on; -- sometimes with the implication that the choice is not ideal, but the best available.
 To settle the land Naut., to cause it to sink, or appear lower, by receding from it.
 Syn: -- To fix; establish; regulate; arrange; compose; adjust; determine; decide.
 Set·tle, v. i.
 1. To become fixed or permanent; to become stationary; to establish one's self or itself; to assume a lasting form, condition, direction, or the like, in place of a temporary or changing state.
    The wind came about and settled in the west.   --Bacon.
    Chyle . . . runs through all the intermediate colors until it settles in an intense red.   --Arbuthnot.
 2. To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home; as, the Saxons who settled in Britain.
 3. To enter into the married state, or the state of a householder.
    As people marry now and settle.   --Prior.
 4. To be established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of law.
 5. To become firm, dry, and hard, as the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared; as, the roads settled late in the spring.
 6. To become clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify by depositing matter held in suspension; as, the weather settled; wine settles by standing.
    A government, on such occasions, is always thick before it settles.   --Addison.
 7. To sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reserveir.
 8. To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc.
 9. To become calm; to cease from agitation.
 Till the fury of his highness settle,
 Come not before him.   --Shak.
 10. To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors.
 11. To make a jointure for a wife.
    He sighs with most success that settles well.   --Garth.
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 settle
      n : a long wooden bench with a back [syn: settee]
      v 1: settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground;
           "dust settled on the roofs" [syn: settle down]
      2: bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was
         decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the
         plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were
         quarreling over their inheritance" [syn: decide, resolve,
          adjudicate]
      3: settle conclusively; come to terms; "We finally settled the
         argument" [syn: square off, square up, determine]
      4: take up residence and become established; "The immigrants
         settled in the Midwest" [syn: locate]
      5: come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"
         [syn: reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate]
      6: go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" [syn: sink,
          go down, go under] [ant: float]
      7: become settled or established and stable in one's residence
         or life style; "He finally settled down" [syn: root, take
         root, steady down, settle down]
      8: become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet; "The roar
         settled to a thunder"; "The wind settled in the West"; "it
         is settling to rain"; "A cough settled in her chest"; "Her
         mood settled into lethargy"
      9: establish or develop as a residence; "He settled the farm
         200 years ago"; "This land was settled by Germans"
      10: come to rest
      11: become clear by the sinking of particles; "the liquid
          gradually settled"
      12: arrange or fix in the desired order; "She settled the
          teacart"
      13: accept despite complete satisfaction; "We settled for a
          lower price"
      14: end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement; "The two
          parties finally settled"
      15: dispose of; make a financial settlement
      16: cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)
      17: sink down or precipitate; "the mud subsides when the waters
          become calm" [syn: subside]
      18: fix firmly; "He ensconced himself in the chair" [syn: ensconce]
      19: get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury; "I finally
          settled with my old enemy" [syn: get back]
      20: make final; put the last touches on; put into final form;
          "let's finalize the proposal" [syn: finalize, finalise,
           nail down]
      21: form a community; "The Swedes settled in Minnesota"
      22: come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell" [syn: fall,
           descend]