settle upon

verb

settle upon

verb
1

Idiomatic Synonym of settle on.

  • I […] have settled upon him a good annuity.1711 July 12 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “SUNDAY, July 2, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 106; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.