Meanings
verbsettle upon (third-person singular simple present settles upon, present participle settling upon, simple past and past participle settled upon)
present singular third person settles upon · participle present settling upon · participle past settled upon · past settled upon
- idiomaticSynonym of settle on.
I […] have settled upon him a good annuity.
1711 July 12 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “SUNDAY, July 2, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 106; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLCSynonyms: settle on
Synonyms & antonyms
verbSynonym of settle on.
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