To place securely in a position or condition

• settle
• seat
• install
• establish
• ensconce

To make secure

• secure
• moor
• fasten
• catch
• anchor

To join one thing to another

• secure
• moor
• fasten
• couple
• connect
• clip
• attach
• affix

To become or cause to become stuck or lodged

• stick
• lodge
• catch

To produce a deep impression of

• stamp
• inscribe
• imprint
• impress
• grave
• etch
• engrave

To implant so deeply as to make change nearly impossible

• root
• lodge
• ingrain
• infix
• fasten
• entrench
• embed

To set forth expressly and authoritatively

• prescribe
• ordain
• lay down
• impose
• dictate
• decree

To put into correct or conclusive form

• settle
• dispose of
• conclude
• arrange

To bring about or come to an agreement concerning

• settle
• set
• negotiate
• conclude
• arrange

To ascribe (a misdeed or an error, for example) to

• place
• pin on
• impute
• fasten
• blame
• assign
• affix

To restore to proper condition or functioning

• right
• revamp
• repair
• patch
• overhaul
• mend
• fix up
• doctor

To alter for proper functioning

• attune
• tune
• set
• regulate
• adjust

To cause to be ready, as for use, consumption, or a special purpose

• ready
• prime
• prepare
• make
• fit

To render incapable of reproducing sexually

• unsex
• sterilize
• spay
• neuter
• geld
• castrate
• alter

To exact revenge for or from

• wreak
• vindicate
• requite
• repay
• redress
• pay off
• pay back
• avenge

To prearrange the outcome of (a contest) unlawfully

• tamper

Money, property, or a favor given, offered, or promised to a person or accepted by a person in a position of trust as an inducement to dishonest behavior

• boodle
• payoff
• payola
• graft
• bribe

A difficult, often embarrassing situation or condition

• spot
• pickle
• bind
• trouble
• soup
• scrape
• quagmire
• predicament
• plight
• jam
• hot water
• hot spot
• hole
• dutch
• dilemma
• difficulty
• deep water
• corner
• box

To make firm

• attach
• secure
• implant
• plant

To prepare a meal

• get-ready
• heat
• make
• cook

To put in order

• adjust
• mend
• correct

*To prearrange

• pull wires
• rig
• put up
• set up
• frame
• stack the deck
• influence
• preplan
• preorder
• predesign
• precontrive

*To get even with

• get
• pay back
• retaliate
• punish

To decide

• establish
• conclude
• settle
• determine

To harden

• thicken
• set
• solidify