resettle

/ (riːˈsɛtəl) /

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verb

to settle or cause to settle in a new or different place

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What does “vacillate” mean?

to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute.

to cause to be empty or unoccupied.

to assent tacitly; agree; consent.

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Michele Ballarin, a Virginia socialite and businesswoman, has found herself at the center of the push to resettle those refugees.
Best Business Longreads for the Week of October 5, 2013|William O’Connor|October 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Others seem to resent Ping for having escaped China to resettle into a successful life in the United States.
Ping Fu Defends ‘Bend, Not Break’ Memoir Against Online Chinese Attack|Katie Baker|February 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
They say he will not attempt to resettle in the Vatican or anywhere else outside the United States to avoid criminal charges.
Will the Cardinal Be Indicted?|Philip Shenon|June 2, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The court ordered Boumediene released and finally, after six months of legal limbo, the French government agreed to resettle him.
The Sadism at Gitmo: A Detainee Speaks|Dan Rather|June 8, 2009|DAILY BEAST

And they make room for thee, and bid thee welcome, and then resettle to their hushed pursuits, as if nothing had happened!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65, No. 399, January 1849|Various
Audley mechanically resumed his former life,—sought to resettle his thoughts on the grand objects of ambitious men.
My Novel, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
I felt one of them resettle my pillow, which allowed me to observe a screen placed around the adjoining bed.
The Case and Exceptions|Frederick Trevor Hill
Trina shut her lips tightly, cleared her throat, and pretended to resettle a hair-pin at the back of her head.
McTeague|Frank Norris
As we approached a breeding colony the birds would fly up, hover about, and resettle when we drew back a sufficient distance.
A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open|Theodore Roosevelt

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