Prepare vs Settle - What's the difference?
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To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble.
* Bible, Psalms cvii. 36
* Dryden
To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook.
To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19 To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.
(obsolete) preparation
* 1595 , , IV. i. 130:
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)
* (John Bunyan)
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)
To pacify (a discussion, quarrel).
(archaic) To adjust (accounts); to liquidate; to balance.
(colloquial) To pay.
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)
* (John Arbuthnot)
To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home.
To become married, or a householder.
* (Matthew Prior)
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)
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)
To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement.
(obsolete) To make a jointure for a wife.
* (Samuel Garth)
(archaic) A seat of any kind.
* Hampole
A long bench, often with a high back and arms, with storage space underneath for linen.
(obsolete) A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.
* Bible, Ezekiel xliii. 14
In transitive terms the difference between prepare and settle
is that prepare is to produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound while settle is to colonize; to move people to (a land or territory).In intransitive terms the difference between prepare and settle
is that prepare is to make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation while settle is to adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement.In obsolete terms the difference between prepare and settle
is that prepare is preparation while settle is a place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.prepare
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Verb
(prepar)- that they may prepare a city for habitation
- our souls, not yet prepared for upper light
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Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that can take a following verb in its to + infinitive form. SeeSynonyms
* (l), (l), (l), (l), (l)Noun
- Go levy men, and make prepare for war;
Anagrams
* * ----settle
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(Webster 1913)Verb
(settl)- God settled then the huge whale-bearing lake.
- Hoping that sleep might settle his brains.
- It will settle the wavering, and confirm the doubtful.
- to settle a bill
- The wind came about and settled in the west.
- Chyleruns through all the intermediate colors until it settles in an intense red.
- As people marry now and settle .
- A government, on such occasions, is always thick before it settles .
- Till the fury of his highness settle , Come not before him.
- He sighs with most success that settles well.
Synonyms
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)Antonyms
* (to place in a fixed or permanent condition) remove * (l) * (l) * (l)Derived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)Noun
(en noun)- upon the settle of his majesty
- And from the bottom upon the ground, even to the lower settle , shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit.