Reseat
[,ri:'si:t]
Definition
(verb.) show to a different seat; 'The usher insisted on reseating us'.
(verb.) provide with new seats; 'reseat Carnegie Hall'.
(verb.) provide with a new seat; 'reseat the old broken chair'.
Edited by Glenn--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To seat or set again, as on a chair, throne, etc.
(v. t.) To put a new seat, or new seats, in; as, to reseat a theater; to reseat a chair or trousers.
Inputed by Alisa
Definition
v.t. to furnish with new seats.
Checker: Victoria
Examples
- That is an affair of the heart with my aunt, said Mr. Farebrother, smiling at Dorothea, as he reseated himself. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Then he reseated himself in his chair and looked them over with a gleam of satisfaction in his eyes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Lily, at this, reseated herself with a cry of alarm. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Will reseated himself, feeling some pity which was half contempt for this voluntary self-abasement of an elderly man. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- We have more to tell you than you have for us, said Phelps, reseating himself upon the couch. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- She took a restless turn about the room, and then, reseating herself, lifted the bright mockery of her eyes to Gerty's anxious countenance. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
Editor: Martin