Resolves Crossword Clue

We think the answer is "SETTLES" which means:

noun
• • A long wooden bench with a back
verb
• • Settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
• • Bring to an end; settle conclusively
• • Settle conclusively; come to terms
• • Take up residence and become established
• • Come to terms
• • Go under
• • Become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
• • Become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet
• • Establish or develop as a residence
• • Come to rest
• • Arrange or fix in the desired order
• • Accept despite lack of complete satisfaction
• • End a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement
• • Dispose of; make a financial settlement
• • Become clear by the sinking of particles
• • Cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)
• • Sink down or precipitate
• • Fix firmly
• • Get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury
• • Make final; put the last touches on; put into final form
• • Form a community
• • Come as if by falling

An example sentence would be:

• • "He settles into his favorite armchair and begins reading."
• • "The dust settles on the furniture after the renovation."

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