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What does settle on mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word settle on? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To make a decision or selection; to decide, arrange, or agree on.
  2. To confer (an annuity, etc) upon by permanent grant; to assure to. (Compare settle (“formally, legally secure”).)
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He came out, bowed down with sorrow, to settle on a bench, his voice quavering with a barely audible Yiddish lament.
A slick of coral larvae encounters pumice, and the larvae settle on it as a new home.
Allen's gaze had come to settle on the horizon, where the sun was slowly dipping out of sight, a fiery light burning into the sky.
As her desire for a White Christmas grows, the shavings of snow form into larger flakes that settle on her coat, making her cold but cheerful.
In 1822, Chief Shenandoah of the Oneidas purchased rights from the Menominee in the Wisconsin Territory to settle on their lands.
Young crawlers settle on the upper surface of immature leaves, causing galls to form on the under surface of the leaves.

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