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Webster 1913 Edition


Reset

re-set′

,

Re-set′

(r?-s?t′)
,
Verb.
T.
1.
To set again;
as, to
reset
type; to
reset
copy; to
reset
a diamond
.

Re′set

(r?′s?t)
,
Noun.
1.
The act of resetting.
2.
(Print.)
That which is reset; matter set up again.

Re-set′

(r?-s?t′)
,
Noun.
[OF.
recete
,
recepte
, a receiving. Cf.
Receipt
.]
(Scots Law)
The receiving of stolen goods, or harboring an outlaw.
Jamieson.

Re-set′

,
Verb.
T.
(Scots Law)
To harbor or secrete; to hide, as stolen goods or a criminal.
We shall see if an English hound is to harbor and
reset
the Southrons here.
Sir. W. Scott.

Webster 1828 Edition


Reset

RE'SET

,
Noun.
In Scots law, the receiving and harboring of an outlaw or a criminal.