°To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; esp., to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, or the like.
            
            
              
            
          
            
              °To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish; as, to settle a minister.
            
            
              
            
        
          synonyms:
          adjust, arrange, compose, decide
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          , determine, establish, fix, regulate