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reˈsettle, v.|riː-|
Also re-settle.
[re- 5 a.]
To settle again, in various senses.
1. a. trans. To settle (a thing or person) again in a place; to replace, re-establish. Also without const. Also, to settle again in another place; spec. to establish (a homeless or evicted person, etc.) again in a house or community, or (S. Afr.) in another area. Cf. resettlement 1 c.
1545T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde 65 So that the hand may be resetteled in his place. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. vi. §28. 491 To resettle peace in Gods Church, which he seemed onely to desire. 1654–66Earl of Orrery Parthen. (1676) 627 He appointed Curio to resettle Nicomedes in Bithynia. 1696Whiston Th. Earth iii. (1722) 277 This upper Earth..was..not only the old one dissolv'd, and resettled in its ancient place again. 1728Eliza Heywood tr. Mme. de Gomez's Belle A. (1732) II. 110 Peace and Security thus resettled in Constantinople, the victorious Emperor sent word [etc.]. 1750Carte Hist. Eng. II. 118 They..gave out publickly that he was bringing over with him his half-brothers, in order to resettle them by force in England. 1937[implied s.v. resettled ppl. a.]. 1951R. Firth Elem. Social Organiz. iv. 142 In the olden days in Ireland a working team..was drawn from the community..to resettle an evicted family. 1965Listener 30 Sept. 482/2 About 1,500 [old people]..require something between forty and fifty days to be resettled back in the community. 1972Stand. Encycl. S. Afr. V. 379/1 A total of 115 000 Bantu from the western areas of Johannesburg and elsewhere were resettled in new homes in new Bantu towns. 1978C. A. Berry Gentleman of Road ix. 74 You're in a bad state and I'd like to resettle you. 1978A. Brink Rumours of Rain 105 ‘How many hundreds and thousands of ‘exceptions’ do you think there are?’ he asked angrily. ‘Whole societies uprooted and resettled.’ 1981Eastern Province Herald (S. Afr.) 2 June 5/6 This will cause friction between those who are resettled and those who were there before.
b. refl. To reseat (oneself) in or on something; to settle again in one's seat.
1821Scott Kenilw. xxiv, Resettling himself in the saddle. 1835Lytton Rienzi ii. ii, The Bishop, resettling himself on his saddle, ambled solemnly on. 1857Hughes Tom Brown i. viii, They..heard the supper-party resettle themselves.
c. intr. To settle down again.
a1680Charnock Attrib. God (1834) I. 695 That mud,..when it is resettled at the bottom,..is not so much in quantity as it was before. 1794Ld. Auckland Corr. (1862) III. 262 We are going to town for three or four days, and shall then resettle here. 1835Lytton Rienzi ii. i, They ever and anon lifted..their several goblets, and then..re-settled to their contemplations.
2. a. To bring into order again; to restore to a settled state or condition.
1611Florio, Ricomporre, to recompose, or resettle. 1640tr. Verdere's Rom. of Rom. iii. xix. 72 All things thus well resetled, Rozanel and Tristor prevailed..with Clarisel. 1687Lond. Gaz. No. 2301/2 His Majesties next concern and application, has been to re-settle those distracted Countries. 1725G. Smith Distill. 14 You will have no occasion to meddle with the same, lest they be disturbed and want to be resettled. 1773Foote Bankrupt iii. Wks. 1799 II. 125, I have the means in my power to resettle all our matters again. 1899Daily News 13 July 6/3 The impulses which unsettle and resettle public opinion.
b. To settle over again; to make a new settlement of or in (something).
1859Lang Wand. India 216 Why not make it expedient to do away with the perpetual settlement of Lord Cornwallis, and resettle the whole of Bengal? 1888Bryce Amer. Commw. i. xxx. (1893) I. 350 Similar suggestions..have been made for re-settling the relations of Ireland to Great Britain.
refl.1857Spencer Progress (1864) 441 Things from time to time re-settle themselves in a way that best consists with national equilibrium.
3. To settle (a country) again.
1714Fr. Bk. of Rates 241 This present Favour..will not contribute at all to the resettling the said Colony with Success,..unless the ancient Inhabitants will return.
4. To assign by a new settlement.
1858Ld. St. Leonards Handy-Bk. Prop. Law xvii. 121 Powers..to lease the estate..; to sell it, and buy another estate with the money, to be re-settled.
Hence reˈsettled ppl. a.; reˈsettling vbl. n.
1626Bacon Sylva §417 Some time will be required after the Remove, for the Resetling, before it can draw the Juyce. a1758Edwards Hist. Redemption (1793) III. 419 After the flood what great things did God work for the resettling of the world. 189819th Cent. Apr. 521 The world just now is busy with a general resettling of its map. 1937Sun (Baltimore) 25 May 12/2 Nobody in Washington is able to indicate the means by which resettled farmers and sharecroppers can pay rent on these expensive houses. 1977Time 4 Apr. 21/1 When Sanjay and his elder brother Rajiv visited a community of resettled slumdwellers, they were given a tumultuous welcome. 1981Eastern Province Herald (S. Afr.) 2 June 5/4 The synod..urged the Diocesan Council to create a committee to co-operate with other concerned groups, and resettled people themselves, in planning a strategy to cope with the problems brought about by forced removal. |