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• 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 …   Useful english dictionary

• 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… …   Useful english dictionary

• un|set|tled — «uhn SEHT uhld», adjective. 1. not in the proper condition or order; disordered; disturbed: »Our house is still unsettled; Figurative. an unsettled mind. 2. not fixed or firmly established; unstable: »an unsettled government. 3. liable to change; …   Useful english dictionary

• un|set´tled|ness — un|set|tled «uhn SEHT uhld», adjective. 1. not in the proper condition or order; disordered; disturbed: »Our house is still unsettled; Figurative. an unsettled mind. 2. not fixed or firmly established; unstable: »an unsettled government. 3.… …   Useful english dictionary

• tled — be·twat·tled; bot·tled; bris·tled; bus·tled; dis·grun·tled·ly; man·tled; met·tled; ti·tled; set·tled·ly; set·tled·ness; …   English syllables

• set — bas·set; bas·set·ite; be·set; be·set·ment; bone·set; bos·set; bras·set; cab·as·set; ches·set; chis·set; chog·set; cor·set·less; cor·set·ry; cres·set; dor·set·shire; down·set; set; fas·set; fi·set·in; gras·set; gro·set; in·set·ter; in·ter·set;… …   English syllables

• Burroughs large systems instruction set — The B5000 instruction set is the set of valid operations for the Burroughs large systems including the current (as of 2006) Unisys Clearpath/MCP systems. These unique machines have a distinctive design and instruction set. Each word of data is… …   Wikipedia

• re|set|tle — «ree SEHT uhl», transitive verb, intransitive verb, tled, tling. to settle again; reestablish; relocate …   Useful english dictionary

• un|set|tle — «uhn SEHT uhl», verb, tled, tling. –v.t. to make unstable; cause to become disordered; disturb; shake; weaken: »Figurative. The shock unsettled her mind. SYNONYM(S): disorder, upset, disconcert. –v.i. to become unstable …   Useful english dictionary

• settle — set·tle set əl vb, set·tled; set·tling vt of an animal IMPREGNATE (1a) vi of an animal CONCEIVE …   Medical dictionary