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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The homeowner paid me to specify how the repair was to be done and to be present when a plumber came out to reseat two toilets in the house.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2023
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
He had just time to thrust this into his pocket and reseat himself before Barstow returned.
From The Seventh Noon by Frederick, Edmund
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 Elliot, Frances
The hussar is quite cool and quiet, soon reseats himself, and rejects the offer of a fussy little man in red to hold his horse.
From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 No 1, Nov 1877 by Dodge, Mary Mapes
As if to kill time, he repeatedly rises, and again reseats himself.
From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne
Mrs. Fletcher sits, then kneels a moment, and then reseats herself with a touch to the trimming of the waist of her gown somewhere.
From Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The Moth and the Flame by Moses, Montrose Jonas
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
Soon the man and his wife were demanding to be reseated and the manager was trying to make peace.
From Time ● Apr. 18, 2011
Rising and going into the bedroom, Pris reappeared carrying a pen and scrap of paper; she reseated herself, scratched out a hasty message.
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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