seat

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Something to be sat upon.

   • Several pressmen have nearly lost their lives, to say nothing of the seats of their trousers, from these creatures.
   • I love these new biker pants I bought! There's padding in the seat to protect my rear end.
2. 2

   A location or site.

   • Our neighbor has a seat at the stock exchange and in congress.
3. 3

   The starting point of a fire.

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   1. 4

      Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.

      • She had so good a seat and hand she might be trusted with any mount.
      • George was a perfect picture on horseback; he had a light, firm seat, and seemed as if he were a part of his horse, and was only happy when away in the saddle for hours together, mustering cattle or tracking a missing horse.
   2. 5

      To put an object into a place where it will rest

      To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.

      • Be sure to seat the gasket properly before attaching the cover.
      • From their foundations, loosening to and fro, / They plucked the seated hills.
   3. 6

      To provide with a place to sit.

      • This classroom seats two hundred students.
      • The waiter seated us and asked what we would like to drink.
      • The guests were no sooner seated but they entered into a warm debate.
   4. 7

      To request or direct one or more persons to sit.

      • Please seat the audience after the anthem and then introduce the first speaker.
   5. 8

      To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats…

      To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session.

      • Only half the delegates from the state were seated at the convention because the state held its primary too early.
      • You have to be a member to be seated at the meeting. Guests are welcome to sit in the visitors section.
   6. 9

      To assign the seats of.

      • to seat a church
   7. 10

      To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation

      To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.

      • This valve isn't seating properly.
      • Thus high […] is King Richard seated.
      • They had seated themselves in Nova Guiana.
   8. 11

      To rest

      To rest; to lie down.

      • The folds, where sheepe at night doe seat.
   9. 12

      To settle

      To settle; to plant with inhabitants.

      • to seat a country
      • The Plantations, for the most Part, are high and pleasantly seated
   10. 13

       To put a seat or bottom in.

       • to seat a chair
   11. 14

       Acronym of single-engine air tanker.

   12. 15

       Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo, a Spanish automobile manufacturer.

   13. 16

       An automobile from Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo

   14. 17

       A surname.

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