reseatv.
/ˌriːˈsiːt/, U.S. /rəˈsit/, /riˈsit/ 1. transitive. To put (a former ruler) back on the throne; to reinstate in a former position or office. Also reflexive. Occasionally figurative.
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society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] > reinstate
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reseize?a1425
repose1552
revest1563
reinstall1595
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reinstate1616
renovate1816
the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > again or in previous position > specifically a person
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of sitting > sit on [verb (transitive)] > seat or cause to sit > again
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1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. xlii. f. 132v Tyridates..also desired to haue aide of him to reseate him in the possession of the kingdome againe.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 76 Glad of this resolution was Constandel, and no lesse glad, to see them ingaged in the Quarrell of their reputation, by this, not doubting to reseat himselfe, and make aduantage of the forfeitures of their weake inheritances.
1637 W. Saltonstall tr. Eusebius Life Constantine 35 Those that have bin restored to those offices which had beene taken from them, being recalled and reseated in their places.
1656 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa V. iii. i. 8 The Generals..re-seated [them] in those Thrones, of which they had been..deprived.
a1690 Bp. E. Hopkins Serm. in Wks. (1809) IV. 486 When they are most calm..and their reason..again reseated upon its throne.
1705 A. Fyfe Royal Martyr iv. 47 To be reseated on my Throne.
1774 J. Campbell Polit. Surv. Brit. I. 560 Edgar the Son of Malcolm Kenmore..entered Scotland, and defeating and making Prisoner the Usurper, reseated himself on the Throne of his Ancestors.
1810 G. Crabbe Borough v. 74 If we could..that old Ease and Harmony re-seat, In all our Meetings.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Guinevere in Idylls of King 252 Better the King's waste hearth and aching heart Than thou reseated in thy place of light.
1890 ‘M. Field’ Tragic Mary iii. iii. 120 I am now at ease On my estates, and a hoarse gratitude To her who has re-seated me prevents My open share in your conspiracy.
1963 F. Davis & R. A. Hunter Red China Lobby i. ii. 40 He urged that the Powers reseat the Dowager Empress on the Manchu throne.
2003 M. E. Page Colonialism 657/1 Austrian and Prussian troops reenter Paris and reseat Louis XVIII on the French throne.
2.
a. transitive (reflexive). To seat oneself again; to sit back down.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of sitting > sit down [verb (reflexive)] > again
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1716 A. Hill Fatal Vision i. 7 (stage direct.) Uncham reseats himself on the Throne.
1799 M. Robinson False Friend III. lxxii. 195 Mr. Ashgrove rose from his seat; bowed formally, reached me a chair with his left hand, and again reseating himself, began to read the newspaper.
1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. iii. vii. 300 Evelyn, having risen to shake hands with Mrs. Hare, did not reseat herself.
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 384 I reseat myself in the bottom of the boat.
1901 Times 1 Aug. 4/6 When the guardians came out he reseated himself in the chair.
1997 P. A. Gross Joint Curriculum Design iv. 60 After a few minutes, ask students to reseat themselves anywhere in the room.
b. transitive. To seat in a different or former chair.
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1799 R. Southey Lett. from Spain (ed. 2) viii. 104 This morning Manuel was re-seated behind the coach.
1814 R. Wilson Private Diary (1862) II. 343 This the pope, however, would not do..until he was reseated in the papal chair.
1845 ‘E. Warburton’ Crescent & Cross I. 166 Re-dressed, re-turbaned, and re-seated on my carpet.
1923 E. Blunden Notes 29 July in H. J. Massingham & H. Massingham Great Victorians (1932) 224 T. Hardy enters, ‘brushes’ hands, reseats the assembly.
2000 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 2 Apr. e14 We offer to reseat passengers who do not want to sit next to callers.
3. transitive. To provide with a new seat or seats (in various senses).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > tailor or make clothes [verb (transitive)] > repair or renovate > specific part of garment
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reseat1820
knee1847
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > [verb (transitive)] > furnish with seats > again
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1820 Times 2 Aug. 3/4 From the decayed state of the seats in Renfrew parish-church, the heritors lately came to a decision of reseating it.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 29/2 Trousers are re-seated and repaired where the material is strong enough.
1871 Echo 11 Feb. It has been decided to reseat the choir of Canterbury Cathedral as a memorial to the late Dean.
1936 Amer. Home Feb. 50/2 (advt.) Learn to re-seat your chairs... Use either Cane, Rush, Reed, Splints, Fibre Rush, Cane Webbing or Grass.
1959 Observer 15 Mar. 14/5 I have just had a rustic chair reseated.
1990 Mod. Railways Aug. 422/1 Also on the move again are the Mk 2d Standard Open coaches reseated last year to increase capacity from 42..to 58 seats.
4.
a. transitive. To adjust, realign, or repair (a thing, esp. a valve or other component) to rest or fit back in the correct position. Also reflexive. Cf. seat v. 4a.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restore [verb (transitive)] > renovate or renew > refurbish > in specific manner
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1836 Mag. Pop. Sci. 1 397 The water..surface descends low enough to reseat the spherical valve, and cut off the connexion between the boiler and the pump.
1882 M. Reynolds Continuous Railway Brakes xiii. 163 On releasing the handle, the valve 4 is reseated by the spring 5.
1915 J. J. Guest Grinding Machinery ix. 309 As the major prominences are ground off the work reseats itself.
1969 M. H. Wolf Vermont is always with You 10 My skill in re-seating the rubber thing in the back of the toilet to keep it from running the well dry was developed only after we lived in the country.
1984 Oil & Gas Jrnl. (Nexis) 17 Dec. 103 It was found that a new expander discharge valve leaked. To reseat the valve, it was cycled repeatedly.
1993 N.Y. Times 17 Aug. c5/3 His guidance continued: disconnect the red-striped ribbon cable and reseat it.
b. intransitive. Of a valve: to return to the correct position; to close again. Cf. seat n. 23b.
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1868 Life-saving Inventions (U.S. House of Representatives Executive Document 193) 18 Test showed, with the valve open and set at 107, that it blew off at 115, and reseated at 106 pounds pressure.
1880 F. C. Smith Locomotive Engineer's ‘Torch’ 10 A ‘stuck’ check-valve will generally reseat from a few taps of a hammer.
1915 N.Y. Air Brake Syst. 113 The diaphragm will be moved up, thereby allowing the check-valve to reseat and shut off the main reservoir pressure.
1999 Essent. Gas Safety (Council for Registered Gas Installers) xii. 165/1 Removing the bayonet fitting allows the spring loaded valve to re-seat, stopping the gas flow.
Derivatives
reˈseating n.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of sitting > [noun] > action of seating again
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1827 J. Malcolm Sketches Persia I. ix. 120 The regulations of our risings and standings, and movings and reseatings.
1898 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 4 313 One of the results of last summer's work which gave most evident delight to the children was the reseating of sixty-six shabby chairs.
1919 W. L. Fleming Sequel of Appomattox vii. 172 In 1869–70 Georgia was again reconstructed after..the reseating of the negro members.
1998 R. Osborne Herbert von Karajan 335 Karajan had been fighting a rearguard..battle to have his way over a further experimental reseating of the Bayreuth orchestra.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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