settle
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[ set-l ]
/ ˈsɛt l /
verb (used with object), set·tled, set·tling.
verb (used without object), set·tled, set·tling.
Verb Phrases
Origin of settle
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before 1000; Middle English
set(t)len, Old English
setlan (attested once) to place, derivative of
setl
settle2; compare Dutch
zetelen
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Definition for settle (2 of 2)
settle
2
[ set-l ]
/ ˈsɛt l /
noun
a long seat or bench, usually wooden, with arms and a high back.
Origin of settle
2
before 900; Middle English: seat, sitting place, Old English
setl; cognate with German
Sessel armchair, Gothic
sitls seat, Latin
sella saddle; akin to
sit1
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British Dictionary definitions for settle (1 of 2)
settle
1
/ (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)
settle
2
/ (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