settledadj.

Brit.

/ˈsɛtld/, U.S.

/ˈsɛd(ə)ld/

Etymology: < settle v. + -ed suffix¹.

a. Of mental states, purposes, habits, etc.: Fixed, firmly embraced or implanted; become regular or customary; unchanging, undeviating.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > inveterate (of habits or attitudes)

rootedc1400

infested1536

settled1556

inveterate1563

radicated1631

entrenched1642

radicate1656

ingrained1821

engrained1843

ingrain1852

chronic1861

infibred1879

serial1947

1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie ii. 8 Oh sodayne sorowe, from setled solas.

1591 R. Wilmot Tancred & Gismund iv. iii. sig. E4^v There was in vs such setled trust Of thy chaste life, and vncorrupted minde.

1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 12 But I judge the beste, for in dobtes I will not resolue with a settled iudgemente.

a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne xv, in Wks. (1628) I. 235 A settled bent of the soule, in nothing to sinne against God.

1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 28 For alas what is a Mode or Fashion, but only a continued and settled Practice of a great Many?

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 349. ¶7 He died under a fix'd and settled hope of Immortality.

1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 778 Where..His virtuous toil may terminate at last In settled habit and decided taste.

1796 R. Southey Mary, Maid of Inn i Her silence implies The composure of settled distress.

1856 N. Brit. Rev. 26 41 To remain to the end of life destitute of any settled religious opinions.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §5. 200 It was his settled purpose to fling off the yoke of the Baronage.

b. Of the mind, character, etc.: Rendered staid, steadfast, or sober.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > calmness > unexcitability > [adjective]

slowc1384

imperturbablea1475

sober-minded1534

well-staid1550

settled1557

sober1564

steady1602

unprovokable1646

good-tempered1685

inirritable1794

well-adjusted1809

unvolatile1823

inexcitable1828

unrufflable1828

churchwardenly1830

unruffable1837

unexcitable1839

unrousable1842

well-tempered1852

middle-aged1853

unsqueamish1893

unflappable1958

1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes (new ed.) f. 85 Pacience thy setled minde dothe guide and stere.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. vii. 67 + 13 For youth no lesse becomes The light and carelesse liuery that it weares Then setled age, his sables, and his weedes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. iii. 72 No setled Sences of the World can match The pleasure of that madnesse.

1650 H. More Observ. in Enthusiasmus Triumphatus (1656) 96 What you have delivered..concerning the Soul of man..might become a man of a more settled brain than Anthroposophus.

1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love ii. i. 16 Nor pride nor frenzy, but a setled mind.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. xvi. 345 Wayland, now a man of settled character.

c. Of the countenance or bearing: Indicating a settled purpose, mind, character, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [adjective] > of utterances or demeanour

stout1390

strong1580

settleda1586

tight-lipped1876

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. iii. sig. P7 With a setled countenance, not accusing any kind of inwarde motion.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 88 This outward sainted Deputie, Whose setled visage, and deliberate word Nips youth i'th head.

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 225 With..a graue countenance, a settled gate, and words well plaste.

1680 T. Otway Orphan ii. 17 In your settled Face And clouded Brow methinks I see my Fate.

1825 W. Scott Betrothed xv, in Tales Crusaders I. 291 Rose saw her cheek assume a paler but more settled hue, instead of the angry hectic which had coloured it.

1839 G. Darley Nepenthe ii. 31 Antiquity, thou Titan-born! That..look'st with dim but settled eye O'er thy deep lap.

a. Of a matter in dispute, an arrangement, regulation, etc.: Determined, decided, enacted or agreed upon. Of a truth, a principle: Established, placed beyond dispute.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > settlement of dispute, arbitration > [adjective] > settled by arbitration

settled1578

the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [adjective] > agreed upon

settled1578

understood1607

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > [adjective] > fixed, settled

to make it tautc1325

certain1393

assured1430

suredc1450

ascertaineda1513

ratified1533

testified1552

assecurit?1553

affirmed1568

settled1578

sure1582

fastened1596

secured1600

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 25 I finde it nowe for a setled truth, which earst I accompted for a vaine talke, that the Purple dye will neuer staine, [etc.].

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 11 It is then expedient that we should not wander, but rather follow a settled short way.

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 325 Those who are entertain'd into his Service have a setled pay at all times.

1666 E. Stillingfleet Serm. (1673) 21 That there be no complaining..in the Churches for want of a settled maintenance.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 1 (1753) I The settled and regular Forms of Salutation which Necessity has introduced into all Languages.

1803 Vesey's Chanc. Cases (1827) XI. 537 I cannot upon any doubt of mine..shake what is the settled law upon the subject.

1862 J. Ruskin Unto this Last iv. 115 I wish this were a settled question in London markets.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 386 We look to have from him a settled day When we must change our faith or bide the worst.

b. a settled thing (or matter), used predicatively (often = something about which there is considered to be no room for doubt or question).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > [noun] > a certainty, fact

soothc1374

certain1377

surety?a1475

probatum1594

experient1605

certaintya1616

factum1641

matter of breviary1694

definite1726

fixity1817

a settled thing (or matter)1819

monty1894

1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor viii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 159 ‘I thought,’ said he,..‘that was a settled matter—they are continually together.’

1839 W. M. Thackeray Stubbs's Cal. Apr. (1841) 305 She was told to call me her little husband; and she did; and it was considered a settled thing from that day.

1845 B. Disraeli Sybil III. v. vii. 94 ‘Is it a settled thing between Lady Joan and Mr. Mountchesney?’ ‘Not the slightest foundation... She is not in a hurry to marry’.

1853 E. C. Gaskell Cranford vii Still, it was not at all a settled thing that Mrs. Fitz-Adam was to be visited.

1864 E. Yates Broken to Harness I. xv. 272 The twilight had been a settled thing for at least an hour.

1868 H. Blackburn Artists & Arabs i. 7 At Marseilles, where..it is an understood and settled thing that every Englishman is on his way, to or from Italy or India.

3. Of affairs, an institution, or the like: Established on a permanent footing and under fixed conditions or regulations.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > [adjective] > founding or instituting > settled or established

rootfastlOE

stablec1290

institutec1325

sad1340

firmc1374

rooteda1393

stabledc1400

substantialc1449

well-foundeda1450

surec1475

standing1549

afloat1551

well-established1559

steadyc1571

naturalized1590

erected1603

established1642

instituted1647

settled1649

riveted1652

radicate1656

inrooted1660

institute1668

statuminated1674

planted1685

stablished1709

deep-seated1741

founded1771

set-up1856

1649 Εἰκων Βασιλικη xvii. 149 Since the first Age,..not one Example can bee produced of anie settled Church, wherein were manie Ministers and Congregations, which had not som Bishop above them.

1650 T. Hubbert Pilula 152 Man..in his most settled estate is altogether vanity.

a1699 T. Comber Hist. Liturgies in Compan. Temple (1702) II. 7 Such a liberty therefore cannot be granted in a setled Church.

1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 275 The Parliament had no settled Army.

1765 S. Johnson Pref. to Shakespear's Plays p. lxviii Grammatical and settled languages.

1794 E. Burke Let. 30 Dec. in Corr. (1969) VIII. 105 Settled governments have not the bold resources of new experimental systems.

1842 Ld. Tennyson You ask me Why iii A land of settled government.

1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) IV. xix. 119 A settled age can imperfectly comprehend an age of revolution.

1883 P. H. Hunter Story Daniel i. 8 At such time as this..when the settled order of things was breaking up.

a. Fixed in place or position; having a fixed abode.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > [adjective] > established in residence

steadfasta1272

stationary1604

settled1611

domestic1632

domesticant1642

domiciliated1782

domiciled1855

1611 Bible (King James) 1 Kings viii. 13 I haue surely built thee an house to dwel in, a setled place for thee to abide in for euer.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. v. 106 But now thy Vnckle is remouing hence, As Princes doe their Courts, when they are cloy'd With long continuance in a setled place.

1633 P. Fletcher Piscatorie Eclogs i. xvii. 5 in Purple Island The setled rock seem'd from his seat remove.

1645 Direct. Lords & Comm. for Elect. Ruling-Elders 2 In the place where his most setled dwelling and imployment doth lie.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1652 (1955) III. 58 No more intending to go out of England, but endeavor a settled life, either in this place, or some other.

1735 S. Johnson tr. J. Lobo Voy. Abyssinia 47 They..encamp like the Arabs, without any settled Habitation.

1830 M. T. Sadler Law of Population i. ix. 146 Since mankind have become more settled and numerous.

1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. x. 224 Becoming a settled..instead of a nomadic people.

b. Of an ailment: Fixed in the system.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adjective] > chronic

rooteda1398

confirmed1398

continual1528

inveterate?1541

veterated1547

chronic1601

chronical1604

continent cause1605

continuatea1616

radicated1631

radicate1720

settled1811

1811 Lady Morgan Let. Nov. in Memoirs (1862) I. xxxvii. 479 A bad cold and a settled cough.

a. Of weather of a specified character: Established and maintaining itself without change or break (cf. set adj.¹ 6c). Of wind: Blowing continuously in one direction.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > [adjective] > settled

settleda1665

steady1694

set1699

a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 8 The current did then sett strongly out of the straightes, which I vnderstand is vsuall after settled Leuant windes.

1716 Loyal Mourner for Best of Princes 9 The smiling Aspect of Earth, Sea, and Air, All for a lasting Calm, and Settled Fair.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 84 Now it began to be settled fair Weather.

1737 S. Berington Mem. G. di Lucca 150 It was the most settled and downright Rain (as the Saying is) that ever I saw.

1798 S. Rogers To Friend on Marr. in Poems (1812) 162 And settled sunshine on her soul descend!

1811 M. R. Mitford Let. 30 June in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. v. 136 What is a thunder shower..to settled, set-in, bad weather?

1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I cxcvi. 101 As roll the waves before the settled wind.

1837 R. Southey Poems IV. Pref. Raising my spirits to the degree of settled fair.

b. Of weather (without other specification): Calm and fine.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [adjective] > calm (of weather, climate, or the elements)

smoltc950

lithec1275

still1390

smoothc1402

peaceablec1425

calmc1440

serenousc1440

lownc1485

stormlessc1500

serene1508

calm-winded1577

unwindy1580

calmy1587

sleek1603

halcedonian1611

pacific1633

settled1717

unstormy1823

untempested1846

placable1858

untempestuous1864

unrestless1919

1717 in J. O. Payne Rec. Eng. Catholics 1715 (1889) 156 Such brave settled weather as't has been ever since you left us.

1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Cucumis Towards the latter End of May, when the Weather appears settled and warm.

1830 T. Moore Let. 20 Sept. in Lady Morgan Memoirs (1862) II. xix. 312 I am preparing to take advantage of the very first appearance of more settled weather.

†6. Of a liquid: Not flowing, stagnant, coagulated. Also of wine: That has ‘settled on the lees’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > fact of being still or not flowing > [adjective]

stillOE

standingOE

settled1600

commorant1610

restagnant1651

stagnant1669

stagnated1703

stagnate1706

the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [adjective] > relating to dregs or lees > settled on the lees

settled1600

the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being thick enough to retain form > [adjective] > coagulating > coagulated

liveryeOE

livered?a1300

coagulatec1386

curdya1398

clotteredc1405

curdeda1425

quailed1440

congealed1541

clustereda1547

cloddered1558

clodded1562

cluttered1577

quarry1587

curdled1590

quarred1599

settled1600

clotted1605

coagulated1633

curdly1664

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. ii. 100 The warming of the blood: which before (cold & setled) left the lyuer white & pale.

1604 M. Drayton Moyses ii. 36 The fleet hurrying flood..As a black lake or setled marish stood At th'extensure of the Hebrewes wand.

1659 J. Howell Particular Vocab. in Lex. Tetraglotton (1660) Settled wine; vin riposato; vin rassis.

1681 J. Crowne Henry VI i. iv. 58 His Face is black and swell'd with settled Blood.

7. That has sunk down or subsided. Of earth: Compacted, consolidated.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > consolidated

settled1642

overconsolidated1936

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [adjective] > sinking down > that has sunk

subsided1650

sunken1663

settled1751

swagged1825

1642 H. Hexham Princ. Art Milit. (ed. 2) ii. 48 The stopping which is made newly is not so firme as the old setled Earth, which hath lain a long time in it.

1751 C. Labelye Descr. Westm. Bridge 80 The further Loading of the settled Pier would be dangerous.

a. Of a person: Established in life, esp. by marriage; brought into a regular way of life.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > [adjective] > settled in marriage

settleda1706

a1706 J. Evelyn Life Mrs. Godolphin (1939) 68 We will looke upon this Lady now, as a settl'd Woman, and in the Armes of that Excellent Person, the most worthy to possesse her.

a1816 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal (rev. ed.) ii. iii, in Wks. (1821) II. 57 Mercy on me!—he's greatly altered—and seems to have a settled married look!

1884 ‘C. E. Craddock’ In Tennessee Mts. 83 A settled married man, a-behavin' no better 'n them fool boys.

b. Established in an office or living; spec. of Presbyterian ministers (cf. settle v. 27b).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > working > career > [adjective] > established

standing1457

afloat1656

settled1774

society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > induction > [adjective] > appointed to a charge

institutec1325

instituted1712

located1764

settled1774

1774 Ann. Reg. 1773 148 Mrs. Greeve was to have procured the place of a settled-tidesman for Mr. John Smith.

1785 Gentleman's Mag. 64 ii. 391 The settled Relief minister at Irvine.

a1817 T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. (1822) IV. 410 In the year 1798 there were..two hundred and forty-two ministers; of whom thirty-three were without any charge; or, in the language of New-England, were not settled ministers.

9. Of an estate or property: Secured to a person by a legal act or agreement; held by a tenant for life under conditions defined by the deed.

ΚΠ

1856 Act 19 & 20 Vict. c. 120 (title) An Act to facilitate Leases and Sales of Settled Estates.

1856 Act 19 & 20 Vict. c. 120 §1 The Term ‘Settled Estates’..shall signify all Hereditaments..and all Estates..which are the Subject of a Settlement.

1882 Act 45 & 46 Vict. c. 38 (title) An Act for facilitating Sales, Leases, and other dispositions of Settled Land.

1889 Wharton's Law Lex. (ed. 8) Settled land, land limited by way of succession, to a person other than the person for the time being entitled to the beneficial enjoyment thereof.

10. Of a country: Peopled with new-comers; colonized. Also settled-up.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adjective] > colonized

colonized1632

settled1831

1831 J. Sinclair Corr. II. 12 In the settled part of it, the land is divided into smaller farms.

1840 W. Irving Early Experiences of Ralph Ringwood in Knickerbocker Sept. 158 I had relatives in Lexington, and other settled places.

1897 B. Harraden Hilda Strafford 146 She had seen some of those settled-up parts.

11. Of soap: Refined by fusing in water or weak lye.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > other manufactured or derived materials > [adjective] > soap in process of manufacture

settled1898

1898 G. H. Hurst Soaps vii. 228 Three chief varieties of hard soap..known as ‘curd’, ‘fitted’, or, in America, ‘settled’, and ‘run’ soaps.

1906 L. L. Lamborn Manuf. Soap ix. 328 Settled Rosined Soap.

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单词	settled
释义	settledadj. Brit. /ˈsɛtld/, U.S. /ˈsɛd(ə)ld/ Etymology: < settle v. + -ed suffix¹. 1. a. Of mental states, purposes, habits, etc.: Fixed, firmly embraced or implanted; become regular or customary; unchanging, undeviating. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > inveterate (of habits or attitudes) rootedc1400 infested1536 settled1556 inveterate1563 radicated1631 entrenched1642 radicate1656 ingrained1821 engrained1843 ingrain1852 chronic1861 infibred1879 serial1947 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie ii. 8 Oh sodayne sorowe, from setled solas. 1591 R. Wilmot Tancred & Gismund iv. iii. sig. E4^v There was in vs such setled trust Of thy chaste life, and vncorrupted minde. 1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 12 But I judge the beste, for in dobtes I will not resolue with a settled iudgemente. a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne xv, in Wks. (1628) I. 235 A settled bent of the soule, in nothing to sinne against God. 1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 28 For alas what is a Mode or Fashion, but only a continued and settled Practice of a great Many? 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 349. ¶7 He died under a fix'd and settled hope of Immortality. 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 778 Where..His virtuous toil may terminate at last In settled habit and decided taste. View more context for this quotation 1796 R. Southey Mary, Maid of Inn i Her silence implies The composure of settled distress. 1856 N. Brit. Rev. 26 41 To remain to the end of life destitute of any settled religious opinions. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §5. 200 It was his settled purpose to fling off the yoke of the Baronage. b. Of the mind, character, etc.: Rendered staid, steadfast, or sober. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > unexcitability > [adjective] slowc1384 imperturbablea1475 sober-minded1534 well-staid1550 settled1557 sober1564 steady1602 unprovokable1646 good-tempered1685 inirritable1794 well-adjusted1809 unvolatile1823 inexcitable1828 unrufflable1828 churchwardenly1830 unruffable1837 unexcitable1839 unrousable1842 well-tempered1852 middle-aged1853 unsqueamish1893 unflappable1958 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes (new ed.) f. 85 Pacience thy setled minde dothe guide and stere. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. vii. 67 + 13 For youth no lesse becomes The light and carelesse liuery that it weares Then setled age, his sables, and his weedes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. iii. 72 No setled Sences of the World can match The pleasure of that madnesse. View more context for this quotation 1650 H. More Observ. in Enthusiasmus Triumphatus (1656) 96 What you have delivered..concerning the Soul of man..might become a man of a more settled brain than Anthroposophus. 1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love ii. i. 16 Nor pride nor frenzy, but a setled mind. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. xvi. 345 Wayland, now a man of settled character. c. Of the countenance or bearing: Indicating a settled purpose, mind, character, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [adjective] > of utterances or demeanour stout1390 strong1580 settleda1586 tight-lipped1876 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. iii. sig. P7 With a setled countenance, not accusing any kind of inwarde motion. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 88 This outward sainted Deputie, Whose setled visage, and deliberate word Nips youth i'th head. View more context for this quotation 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 225 With..a graue countenance, a settled gate, and words well plaste. 1680 T. Otway Orphan ii. 17 In your settled Face And clouded Brow methinks I see my Fate. 1825 W. Scott Betrothed xv, in Tales Crusaders I. 291 Rose saw her cheek assume a paler but more settled hue, instead of the angry hectic which had coloured it. 1839 G. Darley Nepenthe ii. 31 Antiquity, thou Titan-born! That..look'st with dim but settled eye O'er thy deep lap. 2. a. Of a matter in dispute, an arrangement, regulation, etc.: Determined, decided, enacted or agreed upon. Of a truth, a principle: Established, placed beyond dispute. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > settlement of dispute, arbitration > [adjective] > settled by arbitration settled1578 the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [adjective] > agreed upon settled1578 understood1607 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > [adjective] > fixed, settled to make it tautc1325 certain1393 assured1430 suredc1450 ascertaineda1513 ratified1533 testified1552 assecurit?1553 affirmed1568 settled1578 sure1582 fastened1596 secured1600 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 25 I finde it nowe for a setled truth, which earst I accompted for a vaine talke, that the Purple dye will neuer staine, [etc.]. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 11 It is then expedient that we should not wander, but rather follow a settled short way. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 325 Those who are entertain'd into his Service have a setled pay at all times. 1666 E. Stillingfleet Serm. (1673) 21 That there be no complaining..in the Churches for want of a settled maintenance. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 1 (1753) I The settled and regular Forms of Salutation which Necessity has introduced into all Languages. 1803 Vesey's Chanc. Cases (1827) XI. 537 I cannot upon any doubt of mine..shake what is the settled law upon the subject. 1862 J. Ruskin Unto this Last iv. 115 I wish this were a settled question in London markets. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 386 We look to have from him a settled day When we must change our faith or bide the worst. b. a settled thing (or matter), used predicatively (often = something about which there is considered to be no room for doubt or question). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > [noun] > a certainty, fact soothc1374 certain1377 surety?a1475 probatum1594 experient1605 certaintya1616 factum1641 matter of breviary1694 definite1726 fixity1817 a settled thing (or matter)1819 monty1894 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor viii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 159 ‘I thought,’ said he,..‘that was a settled matter—they are continually together.’ 1839 W. M. Thackeray Stubbs's Cal. Apr. (1841) 305 She was told to call me her little husband; and she did; and it was considered a settled thing from that day. 1845 B. Disraeli Sybil III. v. vii. 94 ‘Is it a settled thing between Lady Joan and Mr. Mountchesney?’ ‘Not the slightest foundation... She is not in a hurry to marry’. 1853 E. C. Gaskell Cranford vii Still, it was not at all a settled thing that Mrs. Fitz-Adam was to be visited. 1864 E. Yates Broken to Harness I. xv. 272 The twilight had been a settled thing for at least an hour. 1868 H. Blackburn Artists & Arabs i. 7 At Marseilles, where..it is an understood and settled thing that every Englishman is on his way, to or from Italy or India. 3. Of affairs, an institution, or the like: Established on a permanent footing and under fixed conditions or regulations. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > [adjective] > founding or instituting > settled or established rootfastlOE stablec1290 institutec1325 sad1340 firmc1374 rooteda1393 stabledc1400 substantialc1449 well-foundeda1450 surec1475 standing1549 afloat1551 well-established1559 steadyc1571 naturalized1590 erected1603 established1642 instituted1647 settled1649 riveted1652 radicate1656 inrooted1660 institute1668 statuminated1674 planted1685 stablished1709 deep-seated1741 founded1771 set-up1856 1649 Εἰκων Βασιλικη xvii. 149 Since the first Age,..not one Example can bee produced of anie settled Church, wherein were manie Ministers and Congregations, which had not som Bishop above them. 1650 T. Hubbert Pilula 152 Man..in his most settled estate is altogether vanity. a1699 T. Comber Hist. Liturgies in Compan. Temple (1702) II. 7 Such a liberty therefore cannot be granted in a setled Church. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 275 The Parliament had no settled Army. 1765 S. Johnson Pref. to Shakespear's Plays p. lxviii Grammatical and settled languages. 1794 E. Burke Let. 30 Dec. in Corr. (1969) VIII. 105 Settled governments have not the bold resources of new experimental systems. 1842 Ld. Tennyson You ask me Why iii A land of settled government. 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) IV. xix. 119 A settled age can imperfectly comprehend an age of revolution. 1883 P. H. Hunter Story Daniel i. 8 At such time as this..when the settled order of things was breaking up. 4. a. Fixed in place or position; having a fixed abode. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [adjective] > established in residence steadfasta1272 stationary1604 settled1611 domestic1632 domesticant1642 domiciliated1782 domiciled1855 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Kings viii. 13 I haue surely built thee an house to dwel in, a setled place for thee to abide in for euer. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. v. 106 But now thy Vnckle is remouing hence, As Princes doe their Courts, when they are cloy'd With long continuance in a setled place. View more context for this quotation 1633 P. Fletcher Piscatorie Eclogs i. xvii. 5 in Purple Island The setled rock seem'd from his seat remove. 1645 Direct. Lords & Comm. for Elect. Ruling-Elders 2 In the place where his most setled dwelling and imployment doth lie. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1652 (1955) III. 58 No more intending to go out of England, but endeavor a settled life, either in this place, or some other. 1735 S. Johnson tr. J. Lobo Voy. Abyssinia 47 They..encamp like the Arabs, without any settled Habitation. 1830 M. T. Sadler Law of Population i. ix. 146 Since mankind have become more settled and numerous. 1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. x. 224 Becoming a settled..instead of a nomadic people. b. Of an ailment: Fixed in the system. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adjective] > chronic rooteda1398 confirmed1398 continual1528 inveterate?1541 veterated1547 chronic1601 chronical1604 continent cause1605 continuatea1616 radicated1631 radicate1720 settled1811 1811 Lady Morgan Let. Nov. in Memoirs (1862) I. xxxvii. 479 A bad cold and a settled cough. 5. a. Of weather of a specified character: Established and maintaining itself without change or break (cf. set adj.¹ 6c). Of wind: Blowing continuously in one direction. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > [adjective] > settled settleda1665 steady1694 set1699 a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 8 The current did then sett strongly out of the straightes, which I vnderstand is vsuall after settled Leuant windes. 1716 Loyal Mourner for Best of Princes 9 The smiling Aspect of Earth, Sea, and Air, All for a lasting Calm, and Settled Fair. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 84 Now it began to be settled fair Weather. 1737 S. Berington Mem. G. di Lucca 150 It was the most settled and downright Rain (as the Saying is) that ever I saw. 1798 S. Rogers To Friend on Marr. in Poems (1812) 162 And settled sunshine on her soul descend! 1811 M. R. Mitford Let. 30 June in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. v. 136 What is a thunder shower..to settled, set-in, bad weather? 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I cxcvi. 101 As roll the waves before the settled wind. 1837 R. Southey Poems IV. Pref. Raising my spirits to the degree of settled fair. b. Of weather (without other specification): Calm and fine. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [adjective] > calm (of weather, climate, or the elements) smoltc950 lithec1275 still1390 smoothc1402 peaceablec1425 calmc1440 serenousc1440 lownc1485 stormlessc1500 serene1508 calm-winded1577 unwindy1580 calmy1587 sleek1603 halcedonian1611 pacific1633 settled1717 unstormy1823 untempested1846 placable1858 untempestuous1864 unrestless1919 1717 in J. O. Payne Rec. Eng. Catholics 1715 (1889) 156 Such brave settled weather as't has been ever since you left us. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Cucumis Towards the latter End of May, when the Weather appears settled and warm. 1830 T. Moore Let. 20 Sept. in Lady Morgan Memoirs (1862) II. xix. 312 I am preparing to take advantage of the very first appearance of more settled weather. †6. Of a liquid: Not flowing, stagnant, coagulated. Also of wine: That has ‘settled on the lees’. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > fact of being still or not flowing > [adjective] stillOE standingOE settled1600 commorant1610 restagnant1651 stagnant1669 stagnated1703 stagnate1706 the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [adjective] > relating to dregs or lees > settled on the lees settled1600 the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being thick enough to retain form > [adjective] > coagulating > coagulated liveryeOE livered?a1300 coagulatec1386 curdya1398 clotteredc1405 curdeda1425 quailed1440 congealed1541 clustereda1547 cloddered1558 clodded1562 cluttered1577 quarry1587 curdled1590 quarred1599 settled1600 clotted1605 coagulated1633 curdly1664 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. ii. 100 The warming of the blood: which before (cold & setled) left the lyuer white & pale. View more context for this quotation 1604 M. Drayton Moyses ii. 36 The fleet hurrying flood..As a black lake or setled marish stood At th'extensure of the Hebrewes wand. 1659 J. Howell Particular Vocab. in Lex. Tetraglotton (1660) Settled wine; vin riposato; vin rassis. 1681 J. Crowne Henry VI i. iv. 58 His Face is black and swell'd with settled Blood. 7. That has sunk down or subsided. Of earth: Compacted, consolidated. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > consolidated settled1642 overconsolidated1936 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [adjective] > sinking down > that has sunk subsided1650 sunken1663 settled1751 swagged1825 1642 H. Hexham Princ. Art Milit. (ed. 2) ii. 48 The stopping which is made newly is not so firme as the old setled Earth, which hath lain a long time in it. 1751 C. Labelye Descr. Westm. Bridge 80 The further Loading of the settled Pier would be dangerous. 8. a. Of a person: Established in life, esp. by marriage; brought into a regular way of life. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > [adjective] > settled in marriage settleda1706 a1706 J. Evelyn Life Mrs. Godolphin (1939) 68 We will looke upon this Lady now, as a settl'd Woman, and in the Armes of that Excellent Person, the most worthy to possesse her. a1816 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal (rev. ed.) ii. iii, in Wks. (1821) II. 57 Mercy on me!—he's greatly altered—and seems to have a settled married look! 1884 ‘C. E. Craddock’ In Tennessee Mts. 83 A settled married man, a-behavin' no better 'n them fool boys. b. Established in an office or living; spec. of Presbyterian ministers (cf. settle v. 27b). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > career > [adjective] > established standing1457 afloat1656 settled1774 society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > induction > [adjective] > appointed to a charge institutec1325 instituted1712 located1764 settled1774 1774 Ann. Reg. 1773 148 Mrs. Greeve was to have procured the place of a settled-tidesman for Mr. John Smith. 1785 Gentleman's Mag. 64 ii. 391 The settled Relief minister at Irvine. a1817 T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. (1822) IV. 410 In the year 1798 there were..two hundred and forty-two ministers; of whom thirty-three were without any charge; or, in the language of New-England, were not settled ministers. 9. Of an estate or property: Secured to a person by a legal act or agreement; held by a tenant for life under conditions defined by the deed. ΚΠ 1856 Act 19 & 20 Vict. c. 120 (title) An Act to facilitate Leases and Sales of Settled Estates. 1856 Act 19 & 20 Vict. c. 120 §1 The Term ‘Settled Estates’..shall signify all Hereditaments..and all Estates..which are the Subject of a Settlement. 1882 Act 45 & 46 Vict. c. 38 (title) An Act for facilitating Sales, Leases, and other dispositions of Settled Land. 1889 Wharton's Law Lex. (ed. 8) Settled land, land limited by way of succession, to a person other than the person for the time being entitled to the beneficial enjoyment thereof. 10. Of a country: Peopled with new-comers; colonized. Also settled-up. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adjective] > colonized colonized1632 settled1831 1831 J. Sinclair Corr. II. 12 In the settled part of it, the land is divided into smaller farms. 1840 W. Irving Early Experiences of Ralph Ringwood in Knickerbocker Sept. 158 I had relatives in Lexington, and other settled places. 1897 B. Harraden Hilda Strafford 146 She had seen some of those settled-up parts. 11. Of soap: Refined by fusing in water or weak lye. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > other manufactured or derived materials > [adjective] > soap in process of manufacture settled1898 1898 G. H. Hurst Soaps vii. 228 Three chief varieties of hard soap..known as ‘curd’, ‘fitted’, or, in America, ‘settled’, and ‘run’ soaps. 1906 L. L. Lamborn Manuf. Soap ix. 328 Settled Rosined Soap. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1556
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