Crossword clues for settled
settled
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Settle \Set"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Settled; p. pr. & vb. n. Settling.] [OE. setlen, AS. setlan. [root]154. See Settle, n. In senses 7, 8, and 9 perhaps confused with OE. sahtlen to reconcile, AS. sahtlian, fr. saht reconciliation, sacon to contend, dispute. Cf. Sake.]
-
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. 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.]
-
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. 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.
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.
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.
-
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. To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel.
To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account.
Hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill. [Colloq.]
--Abbott.-
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,
to confer upon by permanent grant; to assure to. ``I . . . have settled upon him a good annuity.''
--Addison.-
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"firmly fixed," also "quiet, orderly, steady," 1550s, past participle adjective from settle (v.).
Wiktionary
comfortable and at ease, especially after a period of change or unrest. v
(en-past of: settle)
WordNet
adj. established or decided beyond dispute or doubt; "with details of the wedding settled she could now sleep at night" [ant: unsettled]
established in a desired position or place; not moving about; "nomads...absorbed among the settled people"; "settled areas"; "I don't feel entirely settled here"; "the advent of settled civilization" [ant: unsettled]
clearly defined; "I have no formed opinion about the chances of success" [syn: defined, formed]
not changeable; "a period of settled weather"
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "settled".
Jasper, she ignited her thrusters and her stomach settled as acceleration gripped her.
Mere precedent is a dangerous source of authority, and should not be regarded as deciding questions of constitutional power, except where the acquiescence of the people and the States can be considered as well settled.
Italy, and afterwards settled in England, where he met with the most favourable reception, and resided above half a century, universally admired for his stupendous genius in the sublime parts of musical composition.
And probably the empress herself might have seen less reason for her admonitions on the subject, had it not been for the circumstance, which was no doubt unfortunate, that the royal family at this time contained no member of a graver age and a settled respectability of character who might, by his example, have tempered the exuberance natural to the extreme youth of the sovereigns and their brothers.
Morris now began the walk aft along the sail to climb back up, but by this time the ship had settled into the water so that only the sail remained above the waves.
Dorraine of Agora, a planet settled early in the human expansion to the stars, was taller than her husband.
As they settled down to sleep, Alec found himself thinking of the drysian again.
When the hold was quiet again, Alec settled down next to Seregil, hoping to get a little more broth into him.
Seregil said with a yawn as he and Alec settled down for the night in the broad guest chamber bed.
Signing for Alec to keep quiet, she settled behind a fallen tree and pointed across to the other side.
Just as Seregil had predicted, Alec had settled in well with his family and already seemed a part of it.
He lashed Alker back and forth across the floor, finally giving him an over-the-shoulder throw that should have settled him.
Cloud snorted and the other horses acted bothered, but the ambient was otherwise quiet, and Cloud settled to being brushed again, rocking gently to the strong strokes Danny put into it.
I settled Victoria in the hollow of my shoulder and watched as Amrita walked to the edge of the pool and smoothed down her tan skirt.
American ancestor settled as the first permanent minister beyond the mountains, following the paths of the French priests in their missions and became a member of a presbytery extending from the mountains to the setting sun, until my last collateral ancestor living among the Indians helped survey the range lines of new States and finally marked the boundaries of the last farms in the passes of the Rockies, that ancestry has followed the frontier westward from where Celoron planted the emblems of French possession along the Ohio to where Chevalier la Verendrye looked upon the snowy and impassable peaks of the Rockies.