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Word entry · 6 letters

settle

Best crossword clue

"Resolve a dispute"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɛ.təl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eelsttStarts with SEnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. come as if by falling

Word origin

From Middle English settle, setle, setel, setil, seotel, from Old English setl (“that upon which one sits, a seat, a settle, a place to sit”), from Proto-Germanic *setlaz (“a seat; arm-chair”), representing Proto-Indo-European *sed-lo-, from *sed- (“sit”). Cognate with Dutch zetel, German Sessel, Latin sella.

Used in a sentence

  • His fears were settled
  • She hopes to settle any questions about the plans.
  • The question of the succession to a throne needs to be settled.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Resolve a dispute6 letters
02Resolve6 letters

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