seatedadj.
/ˈsiːtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈsidᵻd/ 1.
a. Fixed in position. Obsolete or archaic.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > stable > firmly fixed
steadfast993
fastOE
rootfastlOE
sicker1297
sada1333
well-rooted1340
rooteda1393
surec1400
surefast1533
unremoved1551
fixed1577
implanted1595
firm1600
seateda1616
secure1675
tight1687
sitfast1837
locked1895
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. iii. 135 Whose horrid Image doth vnfixe my Heire, And make my seated Heart knock at my Ribbes. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 644 From thir foundations loosning to and fro They pluckt the seated Hills with all thir load, Rocks, Waters, Woods. View more context for this quotation
b. Ordnance. (See quot.).
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1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 655/1 Seated, in artillery, a piece is said to be seated when the trail-spade has sunk into the ground sufficiently so that the gun carriage does not go further backwards when fired.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [adjective] > inhabiting house > type of house
well-housed1574
cottaged1633
seated1720
castellated1837
1621 in A. J. Kempe Losely MSS (1836) 456 Bruxells..being a well seated and well watered towne as evr I sawe.
1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) i. sig. b2 Your..well seated Palace with a Wood at its back.
1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 300 Mr. Knox was so well seated, and could not be supposed to leave such an Estate.
3. Sitting down; in a sitting posture or condition. the Seated Lady, the constellation Cassiopeia.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of sitting > [adjective]
sittingOE
sedent1682
seated1817
the world > the universe > constellation > Northern constellations > [noun] > Cassiopeia
the Seated Lady1886
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. vii. 135 The seated part of the congregation.
1870 Handbk. Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, & Cambs. (John Murray) 206 Seated figures of the Apostles serve as pinnacles of the buttresses.
1886 Proctor in Sci. Amer. 3 July 3/3 Low down, between north and north-east, we find the Seated Lady (Cassiopeia).
4. Of a room, etc.: Provided with seats.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > [adjective] > provided with seats
seated1829
1829 J. Bentham Justice & Codif. Petit., Abr. Petit. Justice 37 The appeal goes..from the four-seated court in Westminster Hall to the House of Lords.
5. Provided with a seat, as a chair, pair of trousers, etc. Only in parasynthetic formations, as double-seated, hard-seated, two-seated, etc.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > [adjective] > having seat of specific kind
seated1841
1841 J. T. J. Hewlett Parish Clerk II. 163 Several hard-seated wooden chairs.
1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 269/1 Cycling knickerbockers should all be double-seated outside.
1903 Westm. Gaz. 25 Sept. 8/2 Two-seated vehicles.
6. U.S. (See quot. 1877) Obsolete exc. Historical.
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1877 W. H. Burroughs On Taxation 208 In Pennsylvania, prior to 1844, seated lands, that is, lands occupied by residence, or cultivation, could not be sold for taxes.
7. Of a horseshoe: hollowed out so that the bearing surface rests on the wall of the hoof.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > shoeing of horses > [adjective] > seated
seated1831
1831 W. Youatt Horse xvii. 311 (heading) The concave-seated shoe.
1831 W. Youatt Horse 319 It [sc. the expanding shoe] is either seated or concave like the common shoe.
1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 227 Seating is the hollowing out of the bearing surface, opposed to the sole, so that a seated shoe bears on the wall alone.
1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 228 A seated foot surface cannot offer as solid and extensive bearing as a flat one.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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