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settle
1[ set-l ]
/ ˈsɛt l /
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verb (used with object), set·tled, set·tling.
verb (used without object), set·tled, set·tling.
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Origin of settle
1First recorded before 1000; Middle English setlen, setel(le) “to seat, place in a seat, be seated; sink down; descend,” Old English setlan (attested once) “to settle, seat, take a position of rest,” derivative of setlsettle2; compare Dutch zetelen
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Other definitions for settle (2 of 2)
settle2
[ set-l ]
/ ˈsɛt l /
noun
a long seat or bench, usually wooden, with arms and a high back.
Origin of settle
2First recorded before 900; Middle English setle, setel(e), settel “seat, chair, bench, place for sitting,” Old English setl, sedl, sethl; cognate with German Sessel “armchair,” Gothic sitls “seat,” Latin sella (from unrecorded sedla “saddle”; akin to sit1
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British Dictionary definitions for settle (1 of 2)
settle1
/ (ˈsɛtəl) /
verb
Derived forms of settle
settleable, adjectiveWord Origin for settle
Old English setlan; related to Dutch zetelen; see settle ²
British Dictionary definitions for settle (2 of 2)
settle2
/ (ˈsɛtəl) /
noun
a seat, for two or more people, usually made of wood with a high back and arms, and sometimes having a storage space in the boxlike seat
Word Origin for settle
Old English setl; related to Old Saxon, Old High German sezzal
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