resettle

resettle verb: to settle in a different place.

Verb

resettle (third-person singular simple present resettles, present participle resettling, simple past and past participle resettled)

(intransitive) To settle in a different place.
(transitive) To force someone to settle in a different place.
- And for entrepreneurial immigrants, the mayor's office partners with local organizations to offer business loans of between $5,000 and $50,000, said Ruben Chandrasekar, executive director for the International Rescue Committee, a nonprofit that resettles about 1,100 refugees and asylum seekers in...2015 December 21, Octavio Blanco, “Immigrants: These cities want you!”, in CNN, archived from the original on 26 Mar 2025
- And so far just two member states, Malta and Finland, are on track to meet their resettling obligations.2017 March 2, Eliza Mackintosh, “No more excuses on resettling refugees, European Commission warns”, in CNN

Similarly, Bruyère, another well-esteemed Paris couturiere, resettled in New York for the war.
Taipingxi Township, Yichang County, provided experience from developing tea farms on which relocatees can be resettled.
For most of the Türk people, forcibly resettled in strictly defined regions, life was hard.

third-person singular present	resettles
present participle	resettling
past participle	resettled
past	resettled
alternative form	re-settle

From re- + settle.

What does resettle mean?: Resettle means to settle in a different place.
What part of speech is resettle?: Resettle is a verb.
What is the past tense of resettle?: The past tense of resettle is resettled.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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