reseat

[ ree-seet ]

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verb (used with object)

to provide with a new seat or new seats.
to seat again.

Origin of reseat

First recorded in 1630–40; re- + seat

Words Nearby reseat

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How to use reseat in a sentence

The prosecution challenged the exclusions as discriminatory, but the judge declined to reseat anyone, saying the defense gave “race neutral” reasons for their choices and that under Georgia law that was enough.
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Lagrenay rose rifle in hand, but the two Americans disarmed him, and forced him to reseat himself.
The Missouri Outlaws | Gustave Aimard
Novices sometimes try to reseat a valve by the use of emery.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them | James H. Stephenson
Ragna stopped, but did not reseat herself, so both remained standing.
Ragna | Anna Miller Costantini
Count Monte Nuovo bowed and signed to her to reseat herself.
The Prussian Terror | Alexandre Dumas

He looked up at the light shining down through the drawn curtain, and hurriedly shut it out, to reseat himself and think.
The Man with a Shadow | George Manville Fenn

British Dictionary definitions for reseat

reseat

/ (riːˈsiːt) /

verb(tr)

to show (a person) to a new seat
to put a new seat on (a chair, etc)

to provide new seats for (a hall, theatre, etc)
to re-form the seating of (a valve)

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