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A seat of any kind. [Obs.] "Upon the settle of his majesty" Hampole.

The quality or state of being settled; confirmed state. [R.] Bp. Hall.

The act of setting, or the state of being settled. Specifically: - -

One who settles, becomes fixed, established, etc.

One living in the back or outlying districts of a community. The English backsettlers of Leinster and Munster. Macaulay.

To unsettle. [Obs.]

The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled. Marvell.

One who settles at a distance, or away, from others.

To settle again. Swift.

Act of settling again, or state of being settled again; as, the resettlement of lees. The resettlement of my discomposed soul. Norris.

To move or loosen from a settled position or state; to unfix; to displace; to disorder; to confuse.

The quality or state of being unsettled.

The act of unsettling, or state of being unsettled; disturbance. J. H. Newman.

To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc.

An adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement. "To come to terms of accommodation." Macaulay.

To bring to an agreement, as persons; to reconcile; to settle, adjust, harmonize, or compose, as things; as, to accord suits or controversies. When they were accorded from the fray. Spenser. All which particulars, being confessedly knotty and difficult can never be accorded but by a competent stock of critical learning…

To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.

To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result; as, to adjust accounts; the differences are adjusted.

Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling. Bispham.

To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.