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The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made
to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like. |
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The place occupied by anything, or where any person or thing
is situated, resides, or abides; a site; an abode, a station; a post; a
situation. |
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That part of a thing on which a person sits; as, the seat of
a chair or saddle; the seat of a pair of pantaloons. |
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A sitting; a right to sit; regular or appropriate place of
sitting; as, a seat in a church; a seat for the season in the opera
house. |
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Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback. |
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A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as,
a valve seat. |
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To place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, to seat
one's self. |
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To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like;
to station; to establish; to fix; to settle. |
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To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting
to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church. |
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To fix; to set firm. |
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To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a
country. |
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To put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair. |
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To rest; to lie down. |