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| Seat |
[OE. sete,
Icel. sæti; akin to Sw. säte, Dan.
sæde, MHG. s ze, AS. set,
setl, and E. sit. ***radic]154. See Sit, and cf.
Settle, ] |
The place
or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or
upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.
The place occupied by anything, or where
any person or thing is situated, resides, or abides; a site; an abode,
a station; a post; a situation.
That part of a thing on which a person
sits; as, the seat of a chair or saddle; the seat of a
pair of pantaloons.
A sitting; a right to sit; regular or
appropriate place of sitting; as, a seat in a church; a
seat for the season in the opera house.
Posture, or way of sitting, on
horseback.
A part or surface on which
another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat.
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To place on a seat] to cause
to sit down; as, to seat one's self.
To cause to occupy a post, site, situation,
or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to
give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a
church.
To fix; to set firm.
To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to
seat a country.
To put a seat or bottom in; as, to
seat a chair.
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