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"word": "remove"
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{
"text": "His fears were settled",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "She hopes to settle and questions about the plans.",
"type": "example"
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{
"text": "The question of the succession to a throne needs to be settled.",
"type": "example"
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{
"ref": "1714 February, [Jonathan Swift], The Publick Spirit of the Whigs: Set forth in Their Generous Encouragement of the Author of the Crisis: […], London: […] [John Barber] for John Morphew, […], →OCLC, page 4:",
"text": "It is a Pamphlet, [...] It will ſettle the Wavering, confirm the Doubtful, inſtruct the Ignorant, inflame the Clamorous, though it never be once looked into.",
"type": "quote"
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"To conclude or resolve (something):",
"To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc)."
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],
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"_dis1": "27 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razrešavam",
"sense": "to determine",
"word": "разрешавам"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to determine",
"word": "ratkaista"
},
{
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to determine",
"word": "socraigh"
},
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"code": "ja",
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"roman": "kaiketsu suru",
"sense": "to determine",
"word": "解決する"
},
{
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"code": "km",
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"sense": "to determine",
"word": "ដោះស្រាយ"
},
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"sense": "to determine",
"word": "socraich"
},
{
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to determine",
"word": "rèitich"
},
{
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to determine",
"word": "resolver"
},
{
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to determine",
"word": "dirimir"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to determine",
"word": "zanjar"
}
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"text": "to settle a quarrel",
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"ref": "2012, Paul Kelly, Willie Blair: A Tale of True Loss and Sadness, →ISBN:",
"text": "The coffee was only surface wet and looked worse than it actually was and as he returned to the Reception Desk to settle his account and give back his room key, he was met again by the young man who was still wearing his rucksack.",
"type": "quote"
}
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"To close, liquidate or balance (an account) by payment, sometimes of less than is owed or due."
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{
"text": "to settle a bill",
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"To pay (a bill)."
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"To conclude or resolve (something):",
"(transitive, colloquial) To pay (a bill)."
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razplaštam se",
"sense": "to pay a bill",
"word": "разплащам се"
},
{
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"sense": "to pay a bill",
"word": "saldar"
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"sense": "to pay a bill",
"word": "pagar"
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"sense": "to pay a bill",
"word": "saldi"
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"sense": "to pay a bill",
"word": "maksaa"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to pay a bill",
"word": "sovitella"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to pay a bill",
"word": "solder"
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"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to pay a bill",
"word": "saldar"
},
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"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to pay a bill",
"word": "liquidacar"
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"code": "io",
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"sense": "to pay a bill",
"word": "pagar"
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"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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},
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"_dis": "3 1 3 8 1 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 11 11 1 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"name": "Pages with entries",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "7 1 2 3 1 6 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 2 2 2 8 7 7 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"name": "Terms with Arabic translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "7 2 2 2 1 6 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 4 3 1 2 8 6 6 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"name": "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "7 2 2 2 1 6 2 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 1 2 2 2 8 7 7 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "8 2 2 2 1 6 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 1 2 1 2 8 7 7 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "7 1 2 2 1 7 1 2 2 5 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 5 2 2 2 2 9 7 7 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"name": "Terms with Cebuano translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "7 2 3 2 1 5 1 2 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 4 2 1 2 6 6 6 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Czech translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "7 2 2 2 2 6 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 8 7 7 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "8 1 1 2 1 7 1 2 2 5 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 5 2 2 2 2 9 8 8 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 2 2 2 1 8 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 1 2 1 2 9 6 6 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "7 2 2 2 2 8 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 9 7 7 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 2",
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"name": "Terms with French translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "7 2 2 2 1 7 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 9 7 7 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "6 2 2 2 1 6 1 2 4 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 1 2 2 7 6 6 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hebrew translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "8 2 2 2 2 6 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 10 10 10 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"name": "Terms with Higaonon translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "7 3 3 3 3 5 3 2 2 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 5 3 2 1 2 6 7 7 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 1 1 2 1 8 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 10 9 9 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"name": "Terms with Ido translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "7 2 2 2 1 6 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 7 1 2 1 2 8 7 7 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Irish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 2 2 2 1 9 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 11 8 8 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"name": "Terms with Italian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 2 2 2 1 7 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 9 8 8 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "7 2 2 2 1 6 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 2 1 2 8 7 7 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"name": "Terms with Khmer translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 2 2 2 1 7 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 9 8 8 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Latin translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "7 2 3 2 2 6 2 2 3 7 2 2 2 1 3 3 2 4 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "7 2 2 2 1 7 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 2 1 2 8 7 7 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "7 1 2 2 1 7 1 2 2 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 4 2 2 2 8 7 7 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "7 2 2 2 1 7 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 4 4 3 1 2 8 6 6 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1",
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},
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"_dis": "7 2 2 2 1 6 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 2 2 2 7 6 6 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "6 3 3 2 1 5 1 2 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 7 5 5 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 1 1 2 1 6 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 5 3 2 2 2 7 6 6 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1",
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"name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 2 2 2 1 7 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 9 8 8 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 2 2 2 1 6 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 2 1 2 8 6 6 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "8 2 2 2 1 6 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 3 1 2 8 6 6 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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},
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"_dis": "8 2 2 2 1 6 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 9 9 9 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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},
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"_dis": "7 1 2 2 1 7 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 2 2 2 8 7 7 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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},
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"_dis": "7 2 2 2 1 7 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 2 1 2 8 7 7 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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{
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"_dis": "7 2 2 2 1 6 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 4 3 1 2 8 6 6 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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},
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"_dis": "7 2 2 2 1 6 2 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 1 2 2 2 8 7 7 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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},
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"_dis": "8 2 2 2 1 6 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 1 2 1 2 8 7 7 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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},
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"_dis": "7 2 3 2 1 5 1 2 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 4 2 1 2 6 6 6 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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},
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"_dis": "7 2 2 2 2 6 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 8 7 7 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 2",
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},
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"_dis": "8 1 1 2 1 7 1 2 2 5 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 5 2 2 2 2 9 8 8 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"_dis": "6 2 2 2 1 6 1 2 4 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 1 2 2 7 6 6 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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},
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"_dis": "8 2 2 2 2 6 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 10 10 10 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"_dis": "7 3 3 3 3 5 3 2 2 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 5 3 2 1 2 6 7 7 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 1",
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},
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"_dis": "8 1 1 2 1 8 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 10 9 9 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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},
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"_dis": "7 2 2 2 1 6 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 7 1 2 1 2 8 7 7 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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},
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"_dis": "8 2 2 2 1 7 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 9 8 8 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"_dis": "7 2 2 2 1 6 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 2 1 2 8 7 7 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"_dis": "8 2 2 2 1 7 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 9 8 8 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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},
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"_dis": "7 2 3 2 2 6 2 2 3 7 2 2 2 1 3 3 2 4 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 1",
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},
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"_dis": "7 2 2 2 1 7 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 2 1 2 8 7 7 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"_dis": "7 1 2 2 1 7 1 2 2 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 4 2 2 2 8 7 7 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"_dis": "7 2 2 2 1 6 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 2 2 2 7 6 6 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"_dis": "8 2 2 2 1 7 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 9 8 8 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"_dis": "8 2 2 2 1 6 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 3 1 2 8 6 6 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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},
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"_dis": "8 2 2 2 1 6 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 9 9 9 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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},
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"_dis": "7 1 2 2 1 7 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 2 2 2 8 7 7 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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},
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"_dis": "7 2 2 2 1 7 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 2 1 2 8 7 7 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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}
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}
],
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"_dis": "2 1 3 8 1 1 1 1 7 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 9 10 10 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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},
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"_dis": "3 1 3 8 1 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 11 11 1 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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},
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"_dis": "7 1 2 3 1 6 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 2 2 2 8 7 7 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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},
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"_dis": "7 2 2 2 1 6 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 4 3 1 2 8 6 6 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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},
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"_dis": "7 2 2 2 1 6 2 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 1 2 2 2 8 7 7 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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},
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"_dis": "8 2 2 2 1 6 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 1 2 1 2 8 7 7 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "7 2 3 2 1 5 1 2 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 4 2 1 2 6 6 6 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "7 2 2 2 2 6 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 8 7 7 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 2",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "8 1 1 2 1 7 1 2 2 5 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 5 2 2 2 2 9 8 8 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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},
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"_dis": "6 2 2 2 1 6 1 2 4 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 1 2 2 7 6 6 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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},
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"_dis": "8 2 2 2 2 6 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 10 10 10 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "7 3 3 3 3 5 3 2 2 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 5 3 2 1 2 6 7 7 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 1",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "8 1 1 2 1 8 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 10 9 9 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "7 2 2 2 1 6 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 7 1 2 1 2 8 7 7 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "8 2 2 2 1 7 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 9 8 8 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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},
{
"_dis": "7 2 2 2 1 6 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 2 1 2 8 7 7 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"name": "Terms with Khmer translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 2 2 2 1 7 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 9 8 8 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "7 2 3 2 2 6 2 2 3 7 2 2 2 1 3 3 2 4 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 1",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "7 2 2 2 1 7 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 2 1 2 8 7 7 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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},
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"_dis": "7 1 2 2 1 7 1 2 2 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 4 2 2 2 8 7 7 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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},
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"_dis": "7 2 2 2 1 6 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 2 2 2 7 6 6 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "8 2 2 2 1 7 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 9 8 8 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
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},
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"_dis": "8 2 2 2 1 6 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 3 1 2 8 6 6 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"name": "Terms with Slovak translations",
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},
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"_dis": "8 2 2 2 1 6 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 9 9 9 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1",
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"name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
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"text": "the French first settled Canada",
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"text": "the Puritans settled New England",
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"text": "Plymouth was settled in 1620.",
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"transitive"
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"transitive"
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"text": "to settle the sediment out of the water",
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"To cause to sink down or to be deposited (dregs, sediment, etc)."
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"word": "çökmək"
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"sense": "to sink to the bottom",
"word": "утаявам се"
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"sense": "to sink to the bottom",
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{
"ref": "1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 38:",
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}
],
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"To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.",
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"To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.",
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"intransitive"
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{
"text": "The chips in the bag of potato chips settled during shipping.",
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"To become compact due to sinking."
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"To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.",
"(intransitive) To become compact due to sinking."
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{
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{
"text": "wine settles by standing",
"type": "example"
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"To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.",
"To become clear due to the sinking of sediment. (Used especially of liquid. Also used figuratively.)"
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"To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.",
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},
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{
"ref": "1926, Farmers' Bulletin, numbers 801-825:",
"text": "Some mares do not show signs of being in heat even when tried (\"teased\") regularly with a stallion, but they often can be settled either by natural or artificial service, provided the approximate time of ovulation is determined and they are not suffering from either a diseased or abnormal condition of the reproductive system.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1928, The Journal of Heredity, volume 19, page 415:",
"text": "During March, 1926, two more mares were bred to him and on February 14, 1927 one of them foaled a perfectly formed bay stud foal. It is not known whether or not the other mare settled for she was never returned for trial.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1977, Stud Managers’ Handbook, volume 13, page 153:",
"text": "This older mare created many, many problems for us in terms of trying to get the mare to settle. She came to us in January, and her record shows fairly consistent heats, but she had numerous problems which will be outlined in Example l0.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2010, Heather Smith Thomas, Storey’s Guide to Raising Horses, 2nd edition, →ISBN:",
"text": "Those sperm may still be viable, enabling the stallion to settle mares for a while until he runs out of mature sperm and has no more coming on because of the gap in production while he was sick or injured.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2012, Cherry Hill, Cherry Hill’s Horsekeeping Almanac, →ISBN:",
"text": "However, even a stallion with low volume, poor-quality semen, if properly managed, can adequately settle mares.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2017, Jacob (Jack) Moorman, Living Legend, →ISBN:",
"text": "There are several kinds of hormones available that may help your mare to settle properly in case she is difficult to get in foal.",
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}
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"sense": "to conclude as an argument",
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"sense": "to conclude as an argument",
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"word": "husay"
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"sense": "to conclude as an argument",
"word": "rendez"
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{
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"sense": "to conclude as an argument",
"word": "risolvere"
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{
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"sense": "to conclude as an argument",
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"sense": "to conclude as an argument",
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"sense": "to conclude as an argument",
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"sense": "to conclude as an argument",
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"sense": "to conclude as an argument",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "to calm",
"word": "успокоявам"
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"sense": "to calm",
"word": "rauhoittua"
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{
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to calm",
"word": "whakamāhaki"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to calm",
"word": "whakamahuru"
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"sense": "to calm",
"word": "seatlaig"
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"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to calm",
"word": "stòl"
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"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "istaʕmara",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "اِسْتَعْمَرَ"
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "istawṭana",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "اِسْتَوْطَنَ"
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"code": "ar",
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"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "اِسْتَقَرَّ"
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"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "məskunlaşmaq"
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "məskun salmaq"
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "yerləşmək"
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "yurd salmaq"
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{
"_dis1": "3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 1 1 2 1 1 22 22 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaselvam se",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "заселвам се"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhímín",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "殖民"
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{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dìngjū",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "定居"
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{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "安家落戶"
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{
"_dis1": "3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 1 1 2 1 1 22 22 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "ānjiāluòhù",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "安家落户"
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{
"_dis1": "3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 1 1 2 1 1 22 22 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "usadit se"
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{
"_dis1": "3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 1 1 2 1 1 22 22 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "vestigen"
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{
"_dis1": "3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 1 1 2 1 1 22 22 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "settelen"
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{
"_dis1": "3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 1 1 2 1 1 22 22 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "enloĝiĝi"
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{
"_dis1": "3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 1 1 2 1 1 22 22 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "asuttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 1 1 2 1 1 22 22 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "s’installer"
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{
"_dis1": "3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 1 1 2 1 1 22 22 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "≈ in coloniser"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 1 1 2 1 1 22 22 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "s’habituer"
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{
"_dis1": "3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 1 1 2 1 1 22 22 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "siedeln"
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"To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.",
"(intransitive) To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir."
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"ref": "1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 38:",
"text": "Sometimes a tub will settle at one corner, causing the rim to slope.",
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"To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.",
"To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house, etc."
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"text": "The chips in the bag of potato chips settled during shipping.",
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"To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.",
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"text": "wine settles by standing",
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"To become clear due to the sinking of sediment. (Used especially of liquid. Also used figuratively.)"
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"ref": "1926, Farmers' Bulletin, numbers 801-825:",
"text": "Some mares do not show signs of being in heat even when tried (\"teased\") regularly with a stallion, but they often can be settled either by natural or artificial service, provided the approximate time of ovulation is determined and they are not suffering from either a diseased or abnormal condition of the reproductive system.",
"type": "quote"
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"ref": "1928, The Journal of Heredity, volume 19, page 415:",
"text": "During March, 1926, two more mares were bred to him and on February 14, 1927 one of them foaled a perfectly formed bay stud foal. It is not known whether or not the other mare settled for she was never returned for trial.",
"type": "quote"
},
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"ref": "1977, Stud Managers’ Handbook, volume 13, page 153:",
"text": "This older mare created many, many problems for us in terms of trying to get the mare to settle. She came to us in January, and her record shows fairly consistent heats, but she had numerous problems which will be outlined in Example l0.",
"type": "quote"
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"ref": "2010, Heather Smith Thomas, Storey’s Guide to Raising Horses, 2nd edition, →ISBN:",
"text": "Those sperm may still be viable, enabling the stallion to settle mares for a while until he runs out of mature sperm and has no more coming on because of the gap in production while he was sick or injured.",
"type": "quote"
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"ref": "2012, Cherry Hill, Cherry Hill’s Horsekeeping Almanac, →ISBN:",
"text": "However, even a stallion with low volume, poor-quality semen, if properly managed, can adequately settle mares.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2017, Jacob (Jack) Moorman, Living Legend, →ISBN:",
"text": "There are several kinds of hormones available that may help your mare to settle properly in case she is difficult to get in foal.",
"type": "quote"
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"word": "sattle"
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"roman": "razrešavam",
"sense": "to determine",
"word": "разрешавам"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to determine",
"word": "ratkaista"
},
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to determine",
"word": "socraigh"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaiketsu suru",
"sense": "to determine",
"word": "解決する"
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"code": "km",
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"roman": "dɑh sraay",
"sense": "to determine",
"word": "ដោះស្រាយ"
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to determine",
"word": "socraich"
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{
"code": "gd",
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"sense": "to determine",
"word": "rèitich"
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"sense": "to determine",
"word": "resolver"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to determine",
"word": "dirimir"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to determine",
"word": "zanjar"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razrešavam",
"sense": "to conclude as an argument",
"word": "разрешавам"
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"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "to conclude as an argument",
"word": "husay"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to conclude as an argument",
"word": "sopia"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to conclude as an argument",
"word": "régler"
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{
"code": "mba",
"lang": "Higaonon",
"sense": "to conclude as an argument",
"word": "husay"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to conclude as an argument",
"word": "rendez"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to conclude as an argument",
"word": "risolvere"
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{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kecchaku suru",
"sense": "to conclude as an argument",
"word": "決着する"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to conclude as an argument",
"word": "whakatatū"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to conclude as an argument",
"word": "rèitich"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to conclude as an argument",
"word": "solventar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to conclude as an argument",
"word": "solver"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to conclude as an argument",
"word": "consentir"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razplaštam se",
"sense": "to pay a bill",
"word": "разплащам се"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to pay a bill",
"word": "saldar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to pay a bill",
"word": "liquidar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to pay a bill",
"word": "pagar"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to pay a bill",
"word": "saldi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to pay a bill",
"word": "maksaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to pay a bill",
"word": "sovitella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to pay a bill",
"word": "solder"
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{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to pay a bill",
"word": "saldar"
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{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to pay a bill",
"word": "liquidacar"
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{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to pay a bill",
"word": "pagar"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to pay a bill",
"word": "saldare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to pay a bill",
"word": "whakaea"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to pay a bill",
"word": "saldar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to pay a bill",
"word": "liquidar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to pay a bill",
"word": "pagar"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "uspokojavam",
"sense": "to calm",
"word": "успокоявам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to calm",
"word": "rauhoittua"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to calm",
"word": "whakamāhaki"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to calm",
"word": "whakamahuru"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to calm",
"word": "seatlaig"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to calm",
"word": "stòl"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "stabiliziram",
"sense": "to place in a fixed or permanent condition",
"word": "стабилизирам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "montiram",
"sense": "to place in a fixed or permanent condition",
"word": "монтирам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to place in a fixed or permanent condition",
"word": "asettaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to place in a fixed or permanent condition",
"word": "installer"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to place in a fixed or permanent condition",
"word": "socraigh"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "toritsukeru",
"sense": "to place in a fixed or permanent condition",
"word": "取り付ける"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sueru",
"sense": "to place in a fixed or permanent condition",
"word": "据える"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "dɑmlaəng",
"sense": "to place in a fixed or permanent condition",
"word": "ដំឡើង"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to place in a fixed or permanent condition",
"word": "pūwhenua"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to place in a fixed or permanent condition",
"word": "whakanoho"
},
{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "to place in a fixed or permanent condition",
"word": "hwehantsi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to place in a fixed or permanent condition",
"tags": [
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"word": "usadawiać"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to place in a fixed or permanent condition",
"tags": [
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"word": "usadowić"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to place in a fixed or permanent condition",
"word": "asentar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to place in a fixed or permanent condition",
"word": "sestar"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "istaʕmara",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "اِسْتَعْمَرَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "istawṭana",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "اِسْتَوْطَنَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "istaqarra",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "اِسْتَقَرَّ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "məskunlaşmaq"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "məskun salmaq"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "yerləşmək"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "yurd salmaq"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaselvam se",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "заселвам се"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhímín",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "殖民"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dìngjū",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "定居"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "安家落戶"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "ānjiāluòhù",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "安家落户"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "usadit se"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "vestigen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "settelen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "enloĝiĝi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "asuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "s’installer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "≈ in coloniser"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "s’habituer"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "siedeln"
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{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "oikízō",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "οἰκίζω"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "הִתְנַחֵל"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "stanziarsi"
},
{
"alt": "いつく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "itsuku",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "居着く"
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{
"alt": "おちつく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ochitsuku",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "落ち着く"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "tangtiilumnɨw",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "តាំងទីលំនៅ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "sedeo"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "whakataiwhenua"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "pūwhenua"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "whakanohonoho"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "whakanoho"
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{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "ukaantsi"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "bosette"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "osiadać"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"tags": [
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"word": "osiąść"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"tags": [
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"word": "usadawiać się"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"tags": [
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"word": "usadowić się"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "assentar-se"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "selítʹsja",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "сели́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaseljátʹ",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "заселя́ть"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kolonizírovatʹ",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "колонизи́ровать"
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{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "tuinich"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "àitich"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "usadiť sa"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "asentarse"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "establecerse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "avecindarse"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "yerleşmek"
},
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "selýtysja",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "сели́тися"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zaseljáty",
"sense": "to fix one's dwelling",
"word": "заселя́ти"
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{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to sink to the bottom",
"word": "çökmək"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "utajavam se",
"sense": "to sink to the bottom",
"word": "утаявам се"
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{
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to sink to the bottom",
"word": "tatū"
}
],
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"text": "\"The gloom of those failing embers,\" exclaimed Francesca, \"Has infected us both!\" and, rising from the low settle, she lighted the lamp, and flung some smaller wood on the hearth, and a cheerful blaze kindled at once.",
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"ref": "1883 March, Thomas Hardy, “The Three Strangers”, in Wessex Tales: Strange, Lively, and Commonplace […], volume I, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published 1888, →OCLC, page 7:",
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"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 43:14:",
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\"word\": \"osiadać\"}, {\"code\": \"pl\", \"lang\": \"Polish\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"tags\": [\"perfective\"], \"word\": \"osiąść\"}, {\"code\": \"pl\", \"lang\": \"Polish\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"usadawiać się\"}, {\"code\": \"pl\", \"lang\": \"Polish\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"tags\": [\"perfective\"], \"word\": \"usadowić się\"}, {\"code\": \"pt\", \"lang\": \"Portuguese\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"assentar-se\"}, {\"code\": \"ru\", \"lang\": \"Russian\", \"roman\": \"selítʹsja\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"сели́ться\"}, {\"code\": \"ru\", \"lang\": \"Russian\", \"roman\": \"zaseljátʹ\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"заселя́ть\"}, {\"code\": \"ru\", \"lang\": \"Russian\", \"roman\": \"kolonizírovatʹ\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"колонизи́ровать\"}, {\"code\": \"gd\", \"lang\": \"Scottish Gaelic\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"tuinich\"}, {\"code\": \"gd\", \"lang\": \"Scottish Gaelic\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"àitich\"}, {\"code\": \"sk\", \"lang\": \"Slovak\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"usadiť sa\"}, {\"code\": \"es\", \"lang\": \"Spanish\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"asentarse\"}, {\"code\": \"es\", \"lang\": \"Spanish\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"establecerse\"}, {\"code\": \"es\", \"lang\": \"Spanish\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"avecindarse\"}, {\"code\": \"tr\", \"lang\": \"Turkish\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"yerleşmek\"}, {\"code\": \"uk\", \"lang\": \"Ukrainian\", \"roman\": \"selýtysja\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"сели́тися\"}, {\"code\": \"uk\", \"lang\": \"Ukrainian\", \"roman\": \"zaseljáty\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"заселя́ти\"}, {\"code\": \"az\", \"lang\": \"Azerbaijani\", \"sense\": \"to sink to the bottom\", \"word\": \"çökmək\"}, {\"code\": \"bg\", \"lang\": \"Bulgarian\", \"roman\": \"utajavam se\", \"sense\": \"to sink to the bottom\", \"word\": \"утаявам се\"}, {\"code\": \"mi\", \"lang\": \"Maori\", \"sense\": \"to sink to the bottom\", \"word\": \"tatū\"}], \"word\": \"settle\"}",
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[…], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volume I, London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, →OCLC, page 54, lines 209–210:\", \"text\": \"God settled then the huge whale-bearing lake, / And Tenedos we reach'd; [...]\", \"type\": \"quote\"}, {\"ref\": \"1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC; reprinted in The Pilgrim’s Progress as Originally Published by John Bunyan: Being a Fac-simile Reproduction of the First Edition, London: Elliot Stock […], 1875, →OCLC, page 4:\", \"text\": \"[I]t drawing towards night, and they hoping that ſleep might ſettle his brains, with all haſt they got him to bed; [...]\", \"type\": \"quote\"}], \"glosses\": [\"To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).\", \"To cause to no longer be in a disturbed, confused or stormy; to quiet; to calm (nerves, waters, a boisterous or rebellious child, etc).\"], \"links\": [[\"final\", \"final\"], [\"confused\", \"confused\"]], \"raw_glosses\": [\"(transitive) To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).\", \"(transitive) To cause to no longer be in a disturbed, confused or stormy; to quiet; to calm (nerves, waters, a boisterous or rebellious child, etc).\"], \"tags\": [\"transitive\"]}, {\"categories\": [\"British English\", \"English dialectal terms\", \"English transitive verbs\"], \"glosses\": [\"To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).\", \"To silence, especially by force.\"], \"links\": [[\"final\", \"final\"], [\"silence\", \"silence#Verb\"]], \"raw_glosses\": [\"(transitive) To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).\", \"(British, dialectal) To silence, especially by force.\"], \"tags\": [\"British\", \"dialectal\", \"transitive\"]}, {\"categories\": [\"English transitive verbs\"], \"examples\": [{\"ref\": \"1894-5, Patterson, Man and Nature (in The Primitive Methodist Magazine)\", \"text\": \"I poured a charge of powder over the nipple so as not tu miss goin' off if possible. 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As they bunched up, Peggy blazed intu 'em, settlin’ how many I didn't know, …\"}], \"glosses\": [\"To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).\", \"To kill.\"], \"links\": [[\"final\", \"final\"], [\"kill\", \"kill\"]], \"raw_glosses\": [\"(transitive) To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).\", \"To kill.\"], \"tags\": [\"transitive\"]}, {\"categories\": [\"English terms with usage examples\", \"English transitive verbs\"], \"examples\": [{\"text\": \"clear weather settles the roads\", \"type\": \"example\"}], \"glosses\": [\"To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).\", \"To bring or restore (ground, roads, etc) to a smooth, dry, or passable condition.\"], \"links\": [[\"final\", \"final\"]], \"raw_glosses\": [\"(transitive) To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).\", \"(transitive) To bring or restore (ground, roads, etc) to a smooth, dry, or passable condition.\"], \"tags\": [\"transitive\"]}, {\"categories\": [\"English terms with usage examples\", \"English transitive verbs\"], \"examples\": [{\"text\": \"to settle my affairs\", \"type\": \"example\"}, {\"text\": \"to settle her estate\", \"type\": \"example\"}], \"glosses\": [\"To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).\"], \"links\": [[\"final\", \"final\"]], \"raw_glosses\": [\"(transitive) To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).\"], \"tags\": [\"transitive\"]}, {\"categories\": [\"English intransitive verbs\", \"English terms with quotations\", \"English terms with usage examples\"], \"examples\": [{\"ref\": \"c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv], page 295, column 1:\", \"text\": \"[T]il the fury of his Highneſſe ſettle / Come not before him.\", \"type\": \"quote\"}, {\"ref\": \"2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian:\", \"text\": \"With Vardy working tirelessly up front, chasing lost causes and generally making a nuisance of himself, Sevilla were never allowed to settle on a night when the atmosphere was electric inside the King Power Stadium.\", \"type\": \"quote\"}, {\"text\": \"The weather settled.\", \"type\": \"example\"}, {\"text\": \"Wait until the crowd settles before speaking.\", \"type\": \"example\"}], \"glosses\": [\"To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.\"], \"raw_glosses\": [\"(intransitive) To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.\"], \"tags\": [\"intransitive\"]}, {\"categories\": [\"English intransitive verbs\", \"English terms with quotations\", \"English terms with usage examples\"], \"examples\": [{\"text\": \"The roads settled late in the spring.\", \"type\": \"example\"}], \"glosses\": [\"To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.\", \"To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared.\"], \"raw_glosses\": [\"(intransitive) To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.\", \"(intransitive) To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared.\"], \"tags\": [\"intransitive\"]}, {\"categories\": [\"English terms with quotations\", \"English transitive verbs\"], \"examples\": [{\"ref\": \"1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Kings 8:11:\", \"text\": \"And he settled his countenance stedfastly [upon him], until he was ashamed.\", \"type\": \"quote\"}], \"glosses\": [\"To establish or become established in a steady position:\", \"To place in(to) a fixed or permanent condition or position or on(to) a permanent basis; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish or fix.\"], \"links\": [[\"establish\", \"establish\"]], \"raw_glosses\": [\"To establish or become established in a steady position:\", \"(transitive) To place in(to) a fixed or permanent condition or position or on(to) a permanent basis; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish or fix.\"], \"tags\": [\"transitive\"]}, {\"categories\": [\"English terms with quotations\", \"English transitive verbs\"], \"examples\": [{\"ref\": \"1717, John Dryden, “Book IX. [The Fable of Iphis and Ianthe.]”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. 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dwelling\", \"word\": \"殖民\"}, {\"code\": \"cmn\", \"lang\": \"Chinese Mandarin\", \"roman\": \"dìngjū\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"定居\"}, {\"code\": \"cmn\", \"lang\": \"Chinese Mandarin\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"安家落戶\"}, {\"code\": \"cmn\", \"lang\": \"Chinese Mandarin\", \"roman\": \"ānjiāluòhù\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"安家落户\"}, {\"code\": \"cs\", \"lang\": \"Czech\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"usadit se\"}, {\"code\": \"nl\", \"lang\": \"Dutch\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"vestigen\"}, {\"code\": \"nl\", \"lang\": \"Dutch\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"settelen\"}, {\"code\": \"eo\", \"lang\": \"Esperanto\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"enloĝiĝi\"}, {\"code\": \"fi\", \"lang\": \"Finnish\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"asuttaa\"}, {\"code\": \"fr\", \"lang\": \"French\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's 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{\"code\": \"km\", \"lang\": \"Khmer\", \"roman\": \"tangtiilumnɨw\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"តាំងទីលំនៅ\"}, {\"code\": \"la\", \"lang\": \"Latin\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"sedeo\"}, {\"code\": \"mi\", \"lang\": \"Maori\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"whakataiwhenua\"}, {\"code\": \"mi\", \"lang\": \"Maori\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"pūwhenua\"}, {\"code\": \"mi\", \"lang\": \"Maori\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"whakanohonoho\"}, {\"code\": \"mi\", \"lang\": \"Maori\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"whakanoho\"}, {\"code\": \"zdj\", \"lang\": \"Ngazidja Comorian\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"ukaantsi\"}, {\"code\": \"nb\", \"lang\": \"Norwegian Bokmål\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"bosette\"}, {\"code\": \"pl\", \"lang\": \"Polish\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"osiadać\"}, {\"code\": \"pl\", \"lang\": \"Polish\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"tags\": [\"perfective\"], \"word\": \"osiąść\"}, {\"code\": \"pl\", \"lang\": \"Polish\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"usadawiać się\"}, {\"code\": \"pl\", \"lang\": \"Polish\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"tags\": [\"perfective\"], \"word\": \"usadowić się\"}, {\"code\": \"pt\", \"lang\": \"Portuguese\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"assentar-se\"}, {\"code\": \"ru\", \"lang\": \"Russian\", \"roman\": \"selítʹsja\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"сели́ться\"}, {\"code\": \"ru\", \"lang\": \"Russian\", \"roman\": \"zaseljátʹ\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"заселя́ть\"}, {\"code\": \"ru\", \"lang\": \"Russian\", \"roman\": \"kolonizírovatʹ\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"колонизи́ровать\"}, {\"code\": \"gd\", \"lang\": \"Scottish Gaelic\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"tuinich\"}, {\"code\": \"gd\", \"lang\": \"Scottish Gaelic\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"àitich\"}, {\"code\": \"sk\", \"lang\": \"Slovak\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"usadiť sa\"}, {\"code\": \"es\", \"lang\": \"Spanish\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"asentarse\"}, {\"code\": \"es\", \"lang\": \"Spanish\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"establecerse\"}, {\"code\": \"es\", \"lang\": \"Spanish\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"avecindarse\"}, {\"code\": \"tr\", \"lang\": \"Turkish\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"yerleşmek\"}, {\"code\": \"uk\", \"lang\": \"Ukrainian\", \"roman\": \"selýtysja\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"сели́тися\"}, {\"code\": \"uk\", \"lang\": \"Ukrainian\", \"roman\": \"zaseljáty\", \"sense\": \"to fix one's dwelling\", \"word\": \"заселя́ти\"}, {\"code\": \"az\", \"lang\": \"Azerbaijani\", \"sense\": \"to sink to the bottom\", \"word\": \"çökmək\"}, {\"code\": \"bg\", \"lang\": \"Bulgarian\", \"roman\": \"utajavam se\", \"sense\": \"to sink to the bottom\", \"word\": \"утаявам се\"}, {\"code\": \"mi\", \"lang\": \"Maori\", \"sense\": \"to sink to the bottom\", \"word\": \"tatū\"}], \"word\": \"settle\"}",
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[…], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volume I, London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, →OCLC, page 54, lines 209–210:\", \"text\": \"God settled then the huge whale-bearing lake, / And Tenedos we reach'd; [...]\", \"type\": \"quote\"}, {\"ref\": \"1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC; reprinted in The Pilgrim’s Progress as Originally Published by John Bunyan: Being a Fac-simile Reproduction of the First Edition, London: Elliot Stock […], 1875, →OCLC, page 4:\", \"text\": \"[I]t drawing towards night, and they hoping that ſleep might ſettle his brains, with all haſt they got him to bed; [...]\", \"type\": \"quote\"}], \"glosses\": [\"To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).\", \"To cause to no longer be in a disturbed, confused or stormy; to quiet; to calm (nerves, waters, a boisterous or rebellious child, etc).\"], \"links\": [[\"final\", \"final\"], [\"confused\", \"confused\"]], \"raw_glosses\": [\"(transitive) To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).\", \"(transitive) To cause to no longer be in a disturbed, confused or stormy; to quiet; to calm (nerves, waters, a boisterous or rebellious child, etc).\"], \"tags\": [\"transitive\"]}, {\"categories\": [\"British English\", \"English dialectal terms\", \"English transitive verbs\"], \"glosses\": [\"To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).\", \"To silence, especially by force.\"], \"links\": [[\"final\", \"final\"], [\"silence\", \"silence#Verb\"]], \"raw_glosses\": [\"(transitive) To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).\", \"(British, dialectal) To silence, especially by force.\"], \"tags\": [\"British\", \"dialectal\", \"transitive\"]}, {\"categories\": [\"English transitive verbs\"], \"examples\": [{\"ref\": \"1894-5, Patterson, Man and Nature (in The Primitive Methodist Magazine)\", \"text\": \"I poured a charge of powder over the nipple so as not tu miss goin' off if possible. 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As they bunched up, Peggy blazed intu 'em, settlin’ how many I didn't know, …\"}], \"glosses\": [\"To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).\", \"To kill.\"], \"links\": [[\"final\", \"final\"], [\"kill\", \"kill\"]], \"raw_glosses\": [\"(transitive) To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).\", \"To kill.\"], \"tags\": [\"transitive\"]}, {\"categories\": [\"English terms with usage examples\", \"English transitive verbs\"], \"examples\": [{\"text\": \"clear weather settles the roads\", \"type\": \"example\"}], \"glosses\": [\"To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).\", \"To bring or restore (ground, roads, etc) to a smooth, dry, or passable condition.\"], \"links\": [[\"final\", \"final\"]], \"raw_glosses\": [\"(transitive) To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).\", \"(transitive) To bring or restore (ground, roads, etc) to a smooth, dry, or passable condition.\"], \"tags\": [\"transitive\"]}, {\"categories\": [\"English terms with usage examples\", \"English transitive verbs\"], \"examples\": [{\"text\": \"to settle my affairs\", \"type\": \"example\"}, {\"text\": \"to settle her estate\", \"type\": \"example\"}], \"glosses\": [\"To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).\"], \"links\": [[\"final\", \"final\"]], \"raw_glosses\": [\"(transitive) To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).\"], \"tags\": [\"transitive\"]}, {\"categories\": [\"English intransitive verbs\", \"English terms with quotations\", \"English terms with usage examples\"], \"examples\": [{\"ref\": \"c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv], page 295, column 1:\", \"text\": \"[T]il the fury of his Highneſſe ſettle / Come not before him.\", \"type\": \"quote\"}, {\"ref\": \"2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian:\", \"text\": \"With Vardy working tirelessly up front, chasing lost causes and generally making a nuisance of himself, Sevilla were never allowed to settle on a night when the atmosphere was electric inside the King Power Stadium.\", \"type\": \"quote\"}, {\"text\": \"The weather settled.\", \"type\": \"example\"}, {\"text\": \"Wait until the crowd settles before speaking.\", \"type\": \"example\"}], \"glosses\": [\"To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.\"], \"raw_glosses\": [\"(intransitive) To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.\"], \"tags\": [\"intransitive\"]}, {\"categories\": [\"English intransitive verbs\", \"English terms with quotations\", \"English terms with usage examples\"], \"examples\": [{\"text\": \"The roads settled late in the spring.\", \"type\": \"example\"}], \"glosses\": [\"To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.\", \"To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared.\"], \"raw_glosses\": [\"(intransitive) To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.\", \"(intransitive) To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared.\"], \"tags\": [\"intransitive\"]}, {\"categories\": [\"English terms with quotations\", \"English transitive verbs\"], \"examples\": [{\"ref\": \"1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Kings 8:11:\", \"text\": \"And he settled his countenance stedfastly [upon him], until he was ashamed.\", \"type\": \"quote\"}], \"glosses\": [\"To establish or become established in a steady position:\", \"To place in(to) a fixed or permanent condition or position or on(to) a permanent basis; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish or fix.\"], \"links\": [[\"establish\", \"establish\"]], \"raw_glosses\": [\"To establish or become established in a steady position:\", \"(transitive) To place in(to) a fixed or permanent condition or position or on(to) a permanent basis; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish or fix.\"], \"tags\": [\"transitive\"]}, {\"categories\": [\"English terms with quotations\", \"English transitive verbs\"], \"examples\": [{\"ref\": \"1717, John Dryden, “Book IX. [The Fable of Iphis and Ianthe.]”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. 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