transitive. To settle (a person) in a place; to establish (a person) as a settler or colonist. Cf. plantation, n. 4. Now archaic and historical.

transitive. To proceed to occupy (a place or position); to station or place oneself in; = sense 64a.

To fix or establish permanently (one's abode, residence, etc.). †to settle one's rest: to take up one's residence. (Cf. to set up one's rest, rest…

transitive (reflexive). To enrol oneself as a student, member, employee, etc.; to gain admission to a group, organization, institution, religious…

To establish (a person) in a place of residence, a position or office; to take up (one's quarters, abode); to locate, settle (an industry, etc.) in…