insediarsi
Italian
Verb
insediàrsi (first-person singular present mi insèdio, first-person singular past historic mi insediài, past participle insediàtosi)
- reflexive of insediare
- (intransitive) to take up or assume [with in or a or (sometimes) su ‘a position, job, office, etc.’]
- Synonym: occupare
- Antonyms: dimettersi, licenziarsi
- insediare in una cattedra
- to take up the teacher's chair
- (intransitive) to settle [with in or a ‘in a new location’; or with su ‘on (a hill, a planet, terrain, etc.)’]
- Synonyms: stabilirsi, stanziarsi, installarsi, fermarsi
- Antonyms: partire, trasferirsi, andarsene, emigrare
- Virginia fu lo Stato dove si insediarono i primi coloni inglesi
- Virginia was the state in which the first English colonists settled
- (military) to take up positions