noun
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Something to be sat upon.
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A location or site.
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The starting point of a fire.
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Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
verb
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To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.
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Be sure to seat the gasket properly before attaching the cover.
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To provide with places to sit.
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The waiter seated us and asked what we would like to drink.
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To request or direct one or more persons to sit.
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Please seat the audience after the anthem and then introduce the first speaker.
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(legislature) To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session.
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Only half the delegates from the state were seated at the convention because the state held its primary too early.
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To assign the seats of.
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to seat a church
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To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
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To rest; to lie down.
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To settle; to plant with inhabitants.
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to seat a country
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To put a seat or bottom in.
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to seat a chair