settle
To conclude or resolve (something):
Verb 4 meanings
To conclude or resolve (something):
“His fears were settled”
To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
“to settle my affairs”
To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
“The weather settled.”
To establish or become established in a steady position:
Etymology
From a merger of two verbs: * Middle English setlen, from Old English setlan (“to settle, seat, put to rest”), from Old English setl (“seat”) (compare Dutch zetelen (“to be established, settle”)) and * Middle English sahtlen, seihtlen (“to reconcile, calm, subside”), from Old English sahtlian, ġesehtlian (“to reconcile”), from Old English saht, seht (“settlement, agreement, reconciliation, peace”) (see saught, -le).
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SETTLE at a glance
SETTLE has 6 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (S 1 + E 1 + T 1 + T 1 + L 1 + E 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,772 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with settle
All rhymesOne letter away
- KETTLE10
- METTLE8
- NETTLE6
- SETTEE6
- FETTLE9
- SUTTLE6
- PETTLE8
- SETULE6
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