To couse to sink or subside, as extraneous matters in liquors. In fining wine, we add something to settle the lees. SETTLE.

To compose; to tranquilize what is disturbed; as, to settle the thoughts or mind when agitated. SETTLE.

To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain over a church and sociecty, or parish; as, to settle a minister. SETTLE.

To plant with inhabitants; to colonize. The French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England. Plymouth was settled in

Hartford was settled in 1636. Wethersfield was the first settled town in Connecticut. SETTLE.

To adjust; to close by amicable agreement or otherwise; as, to settle a controversy or dispute by agreement; treaty or by force. SETTLE.

To adjust; to liquidate; to cause it to sink or appear lower by receding from it. SETTLE. To settle the land, among seamen, to cause it to sink or appear lower by receding from it. SETTLE.