settle

v

1. appoint, fix, set, define; decide, confirm, conclude; stabilize, make certain, ascertain, ground; organize, coordinate, systematize, methodize, resolve, agree upon, determine, choose, elect; rule, ordain, adjudge, adjudicate.

2. order, bring to order, arrange, compose, set to-rights; align, line up; classify, allocate, segregate, group, assort, screen, sieve; distribute, array, apportion, parcel out, range.

3. pay, disburse, expend, defray; close, discharge, dispose of; adjust, balance, square, liquidate; satisfy, wipe off, clear, acquit oneself of.

4. dwell, abide, reside, remain, live, inhabit, domicile; lodge, locate, encamp, squat, nest, roost; establish oneself, carve a home, set up housekeeping; anchor, put down roots, pitch tent, take or strike root, get a footing; set up in business, Inf. hang up one's shingle.

5. populate, people, inhabit, occupy, fill; establish, found, colonize, domicile.

6. quiet, become quiescent, subside, recede, abate, become stable; soothe, tranquilize, allay, compose, pacify; quell, calm, still, lull.

7.(of liquids) filter, precipitate, purify, clarify, clear.

8. gravitate, sink, incline, droop, sag; descend, drop, plunge, swag; solidify, make firm, harden; coalesce, concentrate, compact, condense, consolidate.

9. reconcile, resolve, harmonize; pacify, make peace, heal, mend, patch; mediate, negotiate, talk out, arbitrate, compromise, Inf. bury the hatchet; rectify, regulate, adjust, straighten out, simplify, clear up; disembroil, unravel, disentangle; demonstrate, show, prove, conclude, clinch.

10. alight, land, repose, perch, roost, lodge, sit down.