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.