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reseat

American  
[ree-seet] / riˈsit /

verb (used with object)

  • reseats,
    present (3rd person singular)
  • reseated,
    past participle,  past
  • reseating
    present participle
  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

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Etymology

Origin of reseat

First recorded in 1630–40; re- + seat


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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

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

Find an empty seat or ask a flight attendant to reseat you.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 1, 2019

Cruel, cruel Wallace!" at last cried she, clinging to him, for he had once or twice attempted to disengage himself, and reseat her on the bench; "your heart is steeled, or it would understand mine.

From The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter

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

As if to kill time, he repeatedly rises, and again reseats himself.

From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness 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

The count suddenly rises from his seat, then he hurriedly reseats himself.

From The Italians by Frances Elliot

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 Montrose Jonas Moses

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

The vibe turned into a sopping wet party of grateful diners who hovered while waiters reseated guests and rushed to haul in their unfinished plates — clearly a practiced routine.

From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2017

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

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

“Oh, she survived,” said Dumbledore, reseating himself behind his desk and indicating that Harry should sit down too.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

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