To settle on

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	to confer upon by permanent grant; to assure to.
	to choose; to decide on; - sometimes with the implication that the choice is not ideal, but the best available. - Addison.

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nonnomadic
relocated
resettled
settle

settle down
settled
settler
steady down

The world has been deceived in that respect; and I am happy to say there will be some little money, even when all his debts are discharged, to settle on my niece, in addition to her own fortune.

Pride and Prejudice by Austen, Jane View in context

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