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▸ verb:  To conclude or resolve (something):
▸ verb:  (transitive) To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).
▸ verb:  (transitive) To conclude, to cause (a dispute) to finish.
▸ verb:  (transitive) In particular, to terminate (a lawsuit), usually out of court, by agreement of all parties.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To close, liquidate or balance (an account) by payment, sometimes of less than is owed or due.
▸ verb:  (transitive, colloquial) To pay (a bill).
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement on matters in dispute.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To conclude a lawsuit by agreement of the parties rather than a decision of a court.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
▸ verb:  (transitive) To put into (proper) place; to make sit or lie properly.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To cause to no longer be in a disturbed, confused or stormy; to quiet; to calm (nerves, waters, a boisterous or rebellious child, etc).
▸ verb:  (British, dialectal) To silence, especially by force.
▸ verb:  To kill.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To bring or restore (ground, roads, etc) to a smooth, dry, or passable condition.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared.
▸ verb:  To establish or become established in a steady position:
▸ verb:  (transitive) To place in(to) a fixed or permanent condition or position or on(to) a permanent basis; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish or fix.
▸ verb:  (transitive) In particular, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, etc.
▸ verb:  (transitive, US, obsolete) In particular, to establish in pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish.
▸ verb:  (transitive, law) To formally, legally secure (an annuity, property, title, etc) on (a person).
▸ verb:  (intransitive, obsolete) To make a jointure for a spouse.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To become married, or a householder.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, with "in") To be established in a profession or in employment.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, usually with "down", "in", "on" or another preposition) To become stationary or fixed; to come to rest.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare settle down.)
▸ verb:  (transitive, in particular) To colonize (an area); to migrate to (a land, territory, site, etc).
▸ verb:  (transitive) To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place).
▸ verb:  To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To clear or purify (a liquid) of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To cause to sink down or to be deposited (dregs, sediment, etc).
▸ verb:  (transitive) To render compact or solid; to cause to become packed down.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house, etc.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To become compact due to sinking.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To become clear due to the sinking of sediment. (Used especially of liquid. Also used figuratively.)
▸ verb:  (transitive, intransitive) Of an animal: to make or become pregnant.
▸ noun:  (archaic) A seat of any kind.
▸ noun:  (now rare) A long bench with a high back and arms, often with chest or storage space underneath.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part. (Compare a depression.)
▸ noun:  A town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD816640).
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Allen County, Kentucky, United States.
▸ noun:  A habitational surname from Old English.

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