verb
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to show (a person) to a new seat
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to put a new seat on (a chair, etc)
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to provide new seats for (a hall, theatre, etc)
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to re-form the seating of (a valve)
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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reseatsimple
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reseatssimple
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have reseatedperfect
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has reseatedperfect
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am reseatingprogressive
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are reseatingprogressive
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is reseatingprogressive
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have been reseatingperfect progressive
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has been reseatingperfect progressive
Past
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reseatedsimple
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had reseatedperfect
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was reseatingprogressive
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were reseatingprogressive
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had been reseatingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of reseat
Example Sentences
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Landmark said it will upgrade the Playhouse 7’s sound and projection systems and, in the coming months, spruce up the facilities and reseat auditoriums.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2022
“But that doesn’t mean,” he continued, “that the court has the authority to reseat, simply, again, because there’s this prima facie case.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2021
Once you reseat the original earbud, noise cancellation kicks back in.
From The Verge ● Aug. 11, 2021
After Northern State was shuttered, many community members and Northern State caretakers volunteered their time to locate the sinking grave markers with steel probes, dig them up and reseat them.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2017
There was a slight pause, and as some other urgent member did not reseat himself, Phineas heard the president of that august assembly call upon himself to address the House.
From Phineas Finn The Irish Member by Anthony Trollope
With a nod, Wilf goes and reseats himself on the cart and snaps the reins on his oxen.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
The count suddenly rises from his seat, then he hurriedly reseats himself.
From The Italians by Frances Elliot
Despairingly she reseats herself upon the side of the bed, and with head still buried in her hands, continues her soliloquy—no longer of things present, but reverting to the past.
From Gwen Wynn by Mayne Reid
Despairingly she reseats herself upon the side of the bed, and with head still buried in her hands, continues her soliloquy; no longer of things present, but reverting to the past.
From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Mayne Reid
Mr. Rand bounds angrily to his feet, then reseats himself suddenly, and without opening his lips.
From The Diamond Coterie by Lawrence L. Lynch
In meetings, Morris has reseated North Texas players who clustered together so they could meet other transfers and OSU holdovers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
This finicky behavior happened enough times for me to take notice, but once I reseated the confused ports, the Ugreen started behaving normally.
From The Verge ● May 18, 2022
Eventually, the agitated man was reseated elsewhere, and once the plane took off, I curled into the side of the plane and cried as silently as I could.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 1, 2017
The flight crew reseated him between two male passengers, and law enforcement was waiting when the plane landed in Los Angeles.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2016
And then, presently, she returned to the kitchen, reseated herself at the kitchen table.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
When flights were less full, flight attendants say, reseating passengers so that family members could sit together wasn’t a problem.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2011
When flights were less full, flight attendants say, reseating passengers so that a family could sit together wasn’t a problem.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2011
I hope Morlot will reconsider his reseating of the orchestra when he comes to conduct the major classical and romantic works that really need the violin sections split left and right.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2011
The rest of the program also benefited from Elder's orchestral reseating.
From Chicago Tribune ● Jan. 7, 2011
“As you might have noticed,” said Dumbledore, reseating himself behind his desk, “that memory has been tampered with.”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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