Declare vs Settle - What's the difference?
declare | settle |
(obsolete) To make clear, explain, interpret.
* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Matthew XV:
* Boyle
To make a declaration.
To announce one’s support, choice, opinion, etc.
(cricket) For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though all batsmen have not been dismissed.
To announce something formally or officially.
To affirm or state something emphatically.
To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.
* 1984 , Richard Woodbury and Anastasia Toufexis, "
To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.
(computing) To explicitly include (a variable) as part of a list of variables, often providing some information about the data it is expected to contain.
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
As verbs the difference between declare and settle
is that declare is while settle is 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.As a noun settle is
(archaic) a seat of any kind.declare
English
Verb
(declar)- Then answered Peter and sayd to him: declare unto us thys parable.
- To declare this a little, we must assume that the surfaces of all such bodies are exactly smooth.
- He declared him innocent.
- declare bankruptcy
- declare victory
- (cricket) declare (an innings) closed
Law: The Trouble with Harry," Time , 2 April:
- The prosecution has introduced evidence, including canceled checks, to show that the judge failed to declare part of his income.
- The counter "i" was declared as an integer.
Derived terms
* declarant * declaration * declarative * declaratory * declarer * declare warAnagrams
* ----settle
English
(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
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* (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.