settle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. define, fix, confirm, appoint; agree upon; resolve, determine, decide, conclude; tranquilize, calm; reconcile, adjust, compose; discharge, square, pay, set at rest; place, establish; people, colonize … English dictionary for students
settle — See locate. See locate, settle … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
locate — See locate, settle … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
settle — set·tle vb set·tled, set·tling vt 1: to resolve conclusively settle a question of law 2: to establish or secure permanently a settled legal principle 3 … Law dictionary
locate — [lō′kāt΄, lō kāt′] vt. located, locating [< L locatus, pp. of locare, to place < locus: see LOCAL] 1. to mark off or designate the site of (a mining claim, etc.) 2. to establish in a certain place [offices located downtown] 3. to discover… … English World dictionary
settle — [v1] straighten out, resolve achieve, adjudicate, adjust, appoint, arrange, call the shots*, choose, cinch, clean up, clear, clear up, clinch, come to a conclusion, come to a decision, come to an agreement, complete, concert, conclude, confirm,… … New thesaurus
Locate — Lo cate, v. i. To place one s self; to take up one s residence; to settle; as, to locate in Seattle. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
locate — [v1] find come across, come upon, detect, determine, discover, establish, ferret out*, get at, happen upon, hit upon, hook*, lay one’s hands on*, light upon*, meet with, pick up on, pin down, pinpoint, place, position, read, search out, smell out … New thesaurus
locate — I verb ascertain a position, assign to a place, bring to light, come upon, define limits, define location, delineate, demarcate, deposit, designate a place, detect, discern, discover, discover by search, discover by survey, discover the location… … Law dictionary
locate — (v.) 1650s, to establish oneself in a place, settle, from L. locatus, pp. of locare to place, put, set, dispose, arrange, from locus a place (see LOCUS (Cf. locus)). Sense of mark the limits of a place (especially a land grant) is attested from… … Etymology dictionary
