sattle

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A form of settle — To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).

OriginMiddle English sahtlen →
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Meanings

verbsattle (third-person singular simple present sattles, present participle sattling, simple past and past participle sattled)

present singular third person sattles · participle present sattling · participle past sattled · past sattled

  1. UKalternativedialectalAlternative form of settle, especially in the senses of "silence; become or make calm or orderly; adjust differences or accounts; settle down".

    Well, we'll sattle him, only how!

    1870, Jabez Oliphant, quoted in The English Dialect Dictionary
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    He'll seun sattle obstropolous Billy — Nee mair he'll refuse for a way-leave to pay.

    1829, William Oliver, A Collection of Original Local [Newcastle] Songs: Tim Tunbelly, page 16

    Ah can sattle a dog and cat wivoot thah help.

    1889, John Nicholson, The Folk Speech of East Yorkshire, page 35

Origin

  1. Middle Englishsahtlen
  2. Englishsattle

From Middle English sahtlen, which merged with set(t)len, as in the standard English form settle (which see).

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APA

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Chicago

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