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Definition of Seat
Pronunciation: sēt | n. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | 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. | | 3. | 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. | | 4. | 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. | | 5. | Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback. | | 6. | (Mach.) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat. | | v. t. | 1. | To place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, to seat one's self. | | 2. | To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle. | | 3. | To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church. | | 4. | To fix; to set firm. | | 5. | To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country. | | 6. | To put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair. | | v. i. | 1. | To rest; to lie down. |
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