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Synonyms

reseat

American  
[ree-seet] / riˈsit /

verb (used with object)

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

  2. to seat again.


reseat British  
/ riːˈsiːt /

verb

  1. to show (a person) to a new seat

  2. to put a new seat on (a chair, etc)

  3. to provide new seats for (a hall, theatre, etc)

  4. to re-form the seating of (a valve)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of reseat

First recorded in 1630–40; re- + seat

Example Sentences

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How many hundreds of dollars of extra expense were caused by the flooring contractor’s lack of understanding of how to properly reseat a toilet?

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

And that, he said, was enough for him to reject the prosecution’s effort to reseat them.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2021

Once you reseat the original earbud, noise cancellation kicks back in.

From The Verge • Aug. 11, 2021

But alike compassion for the beasts and energy had gone far enough, we were only too glad to reseat ourselves, and drive, or rather be whirled, down to St. Marie-aux-Mines in the vehicle.

From In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" by Betham-Edwards, Matilda

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