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Webster 1913 Edition
Seat
Seat
(sēt)
, Noun.
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.
And Jesus . . . overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the
seats
of them that sold doves. Matt. xxi. 12.
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.
Where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s
seat
is. Rev. ii. 13.
He that builds a fair house upon an ill
seat
committeth himself to prison. Bacon.
A
seat
of plenty, content, and tranquillity. Macaulay.
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 pantaloons4.
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 house5.
Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
She had so good a
seat
and hand she might be trusted with any mount. G. Eliot.
6.
(Mach.)
A part or surface on which another part or surface rests;
as, a valve
. seat
Seat worm
(Zool.)
, the pinworm.
Seat
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Seated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Seating
.] 1.
To place on a seat; to cause to sit down;
as, to
. seat
one's selfThe guests were no sooner
seated
but they entered into a warm debate. Arbuthnot.
2.
To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
Thus high . . . is King Richard
seated
. Shakespeare
They had
seated
themselves in New Guiana. Sir W. Raleigh.
3.
To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to;
as, to
. seat
a church, or persons in a church4.
To fix; to set firm.
From their foundations, loosening to and fro,
They plucked the
They plucked the
seated
hills. Milton.
5.
To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country.
[Obs.]
W. Stith.
6.
To put a seat or bottom in;
as, to
. seat
a chairSeat
,Verb.
I.
To rest; to lie down.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
Webster 1828 Edition
Seat
SEAT
,Noun.
1. That on which one sits; a chair, bench, stool or any other thing on which a person sits.
Christ--overthrew the tables of the money changers and the seats of them that sold doves. Matt. 21.
2. The place of sitting; throne; chair of state; tribunal; post of authority; as the seat of justice; judgment-seat.
3. Mansion; residence; dwelling; abode; as Italy the seat of empire. The Greeks sent colonies to seek a new seat in Gaul.
In Albe he shall fix his royal seat. Dryden.
4. Site; situation. The seat of Eden has never been incontrovertibly ascertained.
5. That part of a saddle on which a person sits.
6. In horsemanship, posture or situation of a perosn on horseback.
7. A pew or slip in a chruch; a place to sit in.
8. The place where a thing is settled or established. London is the seat of business and opulence. So we say, the seat of the muses,the seat of arts, the seat of commerce.
SEAT
, v.t. 1. To place on a seat; to cause to sit down. We seat ourselves; we seat our guests.
The guests were no sooner seated but they entered into a warm debate.