Verb

(obsolete) To prepare oneself.

* (rfdate), (William Shakespeare)

Let us address to tend on Hector's heels.

(obsolete) To speech.

* (rfdate), (John Dryden)

Young Turnus to the beauteous maid addrest .

(obsolete) To aim; to .

* (rfdate), (Edmund Spenser)

And this good knight his way with me addrest .

(obsolete) To prepare or make ready.

* (rfdate), (Edmund Spenser)

His foe was soon addressed .

* (rfdate), (John Dryden)

Turnus addressed his men to single fight.

* (rfdate), (Jeremy Taylor)

The five foolish virgins addressed themselves at the noise of the bridegroom's coming.

(reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.

* (rfdate) (Thomas Babington Macaulay)

These men addressed themselves to the task.

* 1851 , (Herman Melville), (Moby Dick) ,

[...] good heavens! dumplings for supper! One young fellow in a green box coat, addressed himself to these dumplings in a most direful manner.

(archaic) To clothe or array; to dress.

* (rfdate) Jewel

Tecla ... addressed herself in man's apparel.

To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience).

* (rfdate) (John Dryden)

''The young hero had addressed his players to him for his assistance.

To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to; to accost.

* (rfdate) (Joseph Addison)

Are not your orders to address the senate?

* (rfdate) (Jonathan Swift)

The representatives of the nation addressed the king.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Peter Wilby)

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To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.

To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.

To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.

To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech or discourse to.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03

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(formal) To direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt to resolve it.

* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=April 19, author=Josh Halliday, work=The Guardian

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(computing) To refer a location in computer memory.

(golf) To get ready to hit the ball on the tee.

Verb

(settl)

To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; especially, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home etc.

* And he settled his countenance steadfastly upon him,until he was ashamed. --2 Kings VIII. 11. (Rev. Ver.)

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(transitive, obsolete, US) To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish.

To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to quieten; to still; to calm; to compose.

* (George Chapman)

God settled then the huge whale-bearing lake.

* (John Bunyan)

Hoping that sleep might settle his brains.

To clear or purify (a liquid) of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink

To restore (ground, roads etc.) or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition

To cause to sink; to lower

To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or question; to free from uncertainty

* (Jonathan Swift)

It will settle the wavering, and confirm the doubtful.

To pacify (a discussion, quarrel).

(archaic) To adjust (accounts); to liquidate; to balance.

(colloquial) To pay.

to settle a bill

To colonize; to move people to (a land or territory).

To become fixed, permanent or stationary; to establish one's self or itself

* (Francis Bacon)

The wind came about and settled in the west.

* (John Arbuthnot)

Chyleruns through all the intermediate colors until it settles in an intense red.

To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home.

To become married, or a householder.

* (Matthew Prior)

As people marry now and settle .

To be established in a profession or in employment.

To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared.

To become clear after being unclear or vague

* (Joseph Addison)

A government, on such occasions, is always thick before it settles .

To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, for example dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.

To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house, etc.

To become calm; to stop being agitated

* (William Shakespeare)

Till the fury of his highness settle , Come not before him.

To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement.

(obsolete) To make a jointure for a wife.

* (Samuel Garth)

He sighs with most success that settles well.