Antonyms for resettle

Grammar : Verb

Definition of resettle

Origin : 1540s (transitive), of places, from re- + settle (v.). Intransitive sense from 1821. Meaning "Bring into order again" is from 1610s. Related: Resettled; resettling.

As in transplant : verb relocate

Example sentences :

Many Socialists desire the towns to control and resettle the country.
Extract from : « British Socialism » by J. Ellis Barker

With what restlessness they take short flights and resettle.
Extract from : « Birds of the wave and woodland » by Phil (Philip Stewart) Robinson

I felt one of them resettle my pillow, which allowed me to observe a screen placed around the adjoining bed.
Extract from : « The Case and Exceptions » by Frederick Trevor Hill

Audley mechanically resumed his former life,—sought to resettle his thoughts on the grand objects of ambitious men.
Extract from : « My Novel, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

As we approached a breeding colony the birds would fly up, hover about, and resettle when we drew back a sufficient distance.
Extract from : « A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open » by Theodore Roosevelt

And they make room for thee, and bid thee welcome, and then resettle to their hushed pursuits as if nothing had happened!
Extract from : « The Caxtons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

The wondering peer, who had begun to resettle himself in the corner of his carriage, answered that they were.
Extract from : « Paul Clifford, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

And they make room for thee, and bid thee welcome, and then resettle to their hushed pursuits, as if nothing had happened!
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65, No. 399, January 1849 » by Various

Trina shut her lips tightly, cleared her throat, and pretended to resettle a hair-pin at the back of her head.
Extract from : « McTeague » by Frank Norris

Synonyms for resettle

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