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.
SETTLEDNESS
Set"tled*ness, n.