seat

1. n. 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. Source: opted

2. n. 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. Source: opted

3. n. That part of a thing on which a person sits; as, the seat of a chair or saddle; the seat of a pair of pantaloons. Source: opted

4. n. 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 house. Source: opted

5. n. Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback. Source: opted

6. n. A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat. Source: opted

7. v. t. To place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, to seat one's self. Source: opted

8. v. t. To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle. Source: opted

9. v. t. To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church. Source: opted

10. v. t. To fix; to set firm. Source: opted

11. v. t. To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country. Source: opted

12. v. t. To put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair. Source: opted

13. v. i. To rest; to lie down. Source: opted

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