Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To provide with a new or different seat.
- transitive verb To fit (a valve, for example) in a new seating.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To seat or set again.
- To put a new seat or new seats in: furnish with a new seat or seats: as, to
reseat a church.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To seat or set again, as on a chair, throne, etc.
- transitive verb To put a new seat, or new seats, in
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
provide (e.g. a room) with more, or new,seats . - verb transitive To
seat (someone) again, to give somebody a different seat. - verb intransitive To
sit down again. - verb transitive, electronics To
plug (something) back into itssocket . - verb transitive, engineering To fit (something, especially a
valve ) back into its place.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb provide with a new seat
- verb provide with new seats
- verb show to a different seat
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You must break the bead on both front wheels then fill them with even amounts of water, then reseat the bead and set the pressure.
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In Mexico, this was a common practice because of all the 30-40 Krag and other ammo with FMJ and they pulled the bullet and reseat a "HUNTING BULLET" and this is where the term “MEXICAN MATCH” came from!
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In Mexico, this was a common practice because of all the 30-40 Krag and other ammo with FMJ and they pulled the bullet and reseat a "HUNTING BULLET" and this is where the term “MEXICAN MATCH” came from!
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Break it down again, liberally coat the bead area with silicone, and reseat the bead.
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Some naughty aquarium resident has pulled up a couple of plants and I need to go reseat them.
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Hammer down nails and replace those that don't reseat well with screws ..
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Tillie also makes bowling gestures, causing Smith to reseat himself on his shoulderblades, where he much prefers to be in any case.
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The other two now drop their clubs and draw their sabersâtoo slow as another blade falls to my hands as the disemboweled man tries in vain to reseat his organs before falling.
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Hammer down nails and replace those that don't reseat well with screws..
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Meanwhile Georg had managed to reseat his father, carefully taking off his socks as well as the knitted drawers he wore over his linen underpants.
The Metamorphosis, in The Penal Colony,and Other Stories Franz Kafka 2000
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