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reseat, v.|riːˈsiːt|
[re- 5 a.]
1. trans. To seat again, or replace, (a person) in a former abode, dignity, or position.
1637Saltonstall Eusebius' Constantine 35 Those that have bin restored to those offices which had beene taken from them, being recalled and reseated in their places. 1654–66Earl of Orrery Parthen. (1676) 615 The Generals re⁓seated them in those Thrones, of which they had been deprived. 1795Southey Lett. fr. Spain (1808) I. 153 This morning Manuel was re-seated behind the coach. 1814Sir R. Wilson Priv. Diary (1862) II. 343 This the pope, however, would not do..until he was reseated in the papal chair. 1859Tennyson Guinevere 521 Better the King's waste hearth and aching heart Than thou reseated in thy place of light.
fig.a1690E. Hopkins Serm. Wks. 1809 IV. 486 When they are most calm..and their reason..again reseated upon its throne. 1810Crabbe Borough v, If we could..that old ease and harmony re-seat, In all our meetings.
b. refl. To seat (oneself) again.
1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xxi, ‘True, true’,—said the Monarch, reseating himself. 1838Lytton Alice iii. vii, Evelyn, having risen to shake hands with Mrs. Hare, did not reseat herself. 1897M. Kingsley W. Africa 384, I reseat myself in the bottom of the boat.
2. To provide with a fresh seat or seats.
1851Mayhew Lond. Labour II. 29/2 Trousers are reseated and repaired where the material is strong enough. 1871Echo 11 Feb., It has been decided to reseat the choir of Canterbury Cathedral as a memorial to the late Dean.
Hence reˈseating vbl. n.
1827Malcolm Sk. Persia ix. I. 120 The regulations of our risings and standings, and movings and reseatings. |
