re-settle

A form of resettle — To settle in a different place.

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Meanings

verbre-settle (third-person singular simple present re-settles, present participle re-settling, simple past and past participle re-settled)

present singular third person re-settles · participle present re-settling · participle past re-settled · past re-settled

  1. alternativeAlternative form of resettle.

    About the third or fourth morning after their being thus re-settled in Berkeley-street, Mrs. Jennings, on returning from her ordinary visit to Mrs. Palmer, entered the drawing-room, […]

    1811, [Jane Austen], chapter I, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume III, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, pages 1–2
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    The Lady then, in the ſame gentle tone cried—“Oh creature! equally idle and ferocious!”—while he folded his arms, and re-ſettling himſelf, with his two dogs upon the ſopha, declared, that he felt himſelf diſpoſed to take a nap.

    1792, Charlotte Smith, “Letter V. To Mr. Bethel.”, in Desmond. […], volume I, London: […] G[eorge,] G[eorge,] J[ohn] and J[ames] Robinson, […], →OCLC, pages 65–66
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APA

re-settle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-settle

MLA

“re-settle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-settle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “re-settle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-settle.

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