verb
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to show (a person) to a new seat
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to put a new seat on (a chair, etc)
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to provide new seats for (a hall, theatre, etc)
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to re-form the seating of (a valve)
Etymology
Origin of reseat
Example Sentences
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The homeowner paid me to specify how the repair was to be done and to be present when a plumber came out to reseat two toilets in the house.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2023
Landmark said it will upgrade the Playhouse 7’s sound and projection systems and, in the coming months, spruce up the facilities and reseat auditoriums.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2022
“But that doesn’t mean,” he continued, “that the court has the authority to reseat, simply, again, because there’s this prima facie case.”
From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2021
Once you reseat the original earbud, noise cancellation kicks back in.
From The Verge • Aug. 11, 2021
He had just time to thrust this into his pocket and reseat himself before Barstow returned.
From The Seventh Noon by Frederick, Edmund
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