settling

To conclude or resolve (something):

To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).

“to settle her estate”

To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.

“the weather settled;  wait until the crowd settles before speaking”

To establish or become established in a steady position:

To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare settle down.)

“the Saxons who settled in Britain”

To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place).

To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.

To make a jointure for a spouse.

(of an animal) To make or become pregnant.

The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing oneself, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.

The reckoning or settlement of accounts.

(usually in the plural) Dregs; sediment.