set´tled|ness

set|tled «SEHT uhld», adjective.

1. fixed in place or position; having a fixed home: »

Becoming a settled…instead of a nomadic people... (Arthur P. Stanley).

2. populated: »

a densely settled region.

3. fixed or established: »

... the settled course of things (Joseph Butler).

4. placed on a permanent basis, as government.

5. maintained or continuing without change: »

settled fair weather.

6. fixed; firmly seated; unchanging: »

Figurative. His old buoyancy and confidence gave way to something like settled gloom (Edmund Wilson).

7. Figurative. a) steadfast, staid, or sober, as the character or mind. b) indicating such a character, as the countenance.

8. a) established in a regular way of life, or in fixed ways: »

a settled married man, a settled old woman.

b) steady or orderly: »

the settled life of an old man.

9. established, as in an office or charge.

10. secured to a person by a legal act or process, as an estate or property.

11. a) appointed or fixed definitely, as a time. b) decided definitely, as a question or a matter in doubt.

12. adjusted or closed, as an account by payment.

–set´tled|ness, noun.