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verb
To provide (e.g. a room) with more, or new, seats.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To seat (someone) again, to give somebody a different seat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To sit down again.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, rare
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To plug (something) back into its socket.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To fit (something, especially a valve) back into its place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
show to a different seat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: seat, sit, sit down
verb
provide with new seats
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: seat
verb
provide with a new seat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: seat
History
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English seat English reseat From re- + seat.
