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n.

Something, such as a chair or bench, that may be sat on.
1. A place in which one may sit.
2. The right to occupy such a place or a ticket indicating this right: got seats for the concert.
3. The buttocks.
4. The part of a garment that covers the buttocks.
5. A part serving as the base of something else.
6. The surface or part on which another part sits or rests.
7. The place where something is located or based: The heart is the seat of the emotions.
8. A center of authority; a capital: the county seat. See Synonyms at center.
The part on which one rests in sitting: a bicycle seat.
1. The buttocks.
2. The part of a garment that covers the buttocks.
3. A part serving as the base of something else.
4. The surface or part on which another part sits or rests.
5. The place where something is located or based: The heart is the seat of the emotions.
6. A center of authority; a capital: the county seat. See Synonyms at center.
1. A part serving as the base of something else.
2. The surface or part on which another part sits or rests.
3. The place where something is located or based: The heart is the seat of the emotions.
4. A center of authority; a capital: the county seat. See Synonyms at center.
1. The place where something is located or based: The heart is the seat of the emotions.
2. A center of authority; a capital: the county seat. See Synonyms at center.
A place of abode or residence, especially a large house that is part of an estate: the squire's country seat.
Membership in an organization, such as a legislative body or stock exchange, that is obtained by appointment, election, or purchase.
The manner of sitting on a horse: a fox hunter with a good seat.

v. seat·ed, seat·ing, seats

v. tr.

1. To place in or on a seat.
2. To cause or assist to sit down: The ushers will seat the members of the bride's family.
To provide with a particular seat: The usher seated me in the back row.
To have or provide seats for: We can seat 300 in the auditorium.
To install in a position of authority or eminence.
To fix firmly in place: seat an ammunition clip in an automatic rifle.

v. intr.
To rest on or fit into another part: The O-rings had not seated correctly in their grooves.

[Middle English sete, probably from Old Norse sæti; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]

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seated
adjective
(of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks; "the seated Madonna"; "the audience remained seated" [ant: cut down]