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Synonyms for resettle

Grammar : Verb

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Définition 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

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