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Settle implies a decision reached by someone with power to end all dispute or uncertainty. Darkness settled over the fields. If people settle a legal dispute or if they settle, they agree to end the dispute without going to a court of law, for example by paying some money or by apologizing.

There are eight meanings listed in oed's entry for the noun settle, five of which are labelled obsolete. To settle generally means to resolve, conclude, or find a resolution to a problem, dispute, or disagreement. [~ + object] the matter is settled;

[no object] we'll settle with him later, after we draft this agreement.see settle on below. See examples of settle used in a sentence. 1 day agosettle (third-person singular simple present settles, present participle settling, simple past and past participle settled) she hopes to settle any questions about the plans.