resettle

Universal Words verb 1 to help people go and live in a new country or area; to go and live in a new country or area: [VN] Many of the refugees were resettled in Britain and Canada. [also V] 2 [VN] to start to use an area again as a place to live: The region was only resettled 200 years later. 3 to make yourself comfortable in a new position: [V] The birds flew around and then resettled on the pond. [also VN] resettlement noun [U]: the resettlement of refugees * a resettlement agency / area / programme