Literary notes about settle (AI summary)
The word "settle" appears in literature with a rich palette of meanings that shift according to context. It may denote the act of establishing a new home or community, as when pioneers choose an uncertain land to make their own [1, 2, 3]. In other instances, it signals the resolution of conflicts or the finalization of matters—from concluding disputes and legal cases to addressing personal accounts and responsibilities [4, 5, 6, 7]. Moreover, "settle" can suggest finding comfort or ceasing movement, whether it be settling down into a favorite chair or arranging one's life in quiet domesticity [8, 9, 10]. This multifaceted usage underscores its emotional, social, and practical dimensions across literary works.
- [435] As near as I can tell, Lars Iverson Medaas and family were the first Norwegians to settle in Canoe Township.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States by George T. Flom - “I want to settle here for good,” he told her.
— from Best Russian Short Stories - You already know how I came to go to America, and how I came to settle in that lonely region in the South.
— from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain - There are some last things to settle," said Meg, bustling away.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - He however resolved that if he had an opportunity of striking a third blow, it should settle all matters between them.
— from The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Sæmundur fróði - Judge Moneybag will settle this case, I think!
— from Dracula by Bram Stoker - We will settle this at once, and so get it out to-morrow.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Earl of Beaconsfield Benjamin Disraeli - I want to settle down in my chimney-corner.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot - I settle myself comfortably in the morris-chair, the great book open on my knee.
— from The World I Live In by Helen Keller - On her return he induced her to settle with her husband at Twickenham.
— from The Rape of the Lock, and Other Poems by Alexander Pope
