Verb
settle upon (third-person singular simple present settles upon, present participle settling upon, simple past and past participle settled upon)
(idiomatic) Synonym of settle on
No gilded dome swells from the lowly roof to catch the morning or evening beam; but the love and gratitude of united America settle upon it in one eternal sunshine. Edward Everett
In the year 29 BC, Augustus paid 400 sesterces each to 250,000 citizens, 1,000 sesterces each to 120,000 veterans in the colonies, and spent 700 million sesterces in purchasing land for his soldiers to settle upon. Source: Internet
I can sit for hours in my yard in Amagansett and watch the leaves sway and find a stillness I can never quite settle upon in the city. Source: Internet
I settle upon a particular emotional situation, out of which characters and a plot will emerge. Source: Internet
Negotiations between the United Kingdom and the United States over the next few decades failed to settle upon a compromise boundary and the Oregon Dispute became important in geopolitical diplomacy between the British Empire and the new American Republic. Source: Internet
The sense of melancholy he'd felt during the wedding reception threatened to settle upon him again. Source: Internet