settle upon

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settle upon (third-person singular simple present settles upon, present participle settling upon, simple past and past participle settled upon)

1. (idiomatic) Synonym of settle on.
   • 1711 July 13 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “MONDAY, 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:

     I […] have settled upon him a good annuity.

     The spelling has been modernized.