to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated.
2.
to be located or situated: The house sits well up on the slope.
3.
to rest or lie (usually fol. by on or upon): An aura of greatness sits easily upon him.
4.
to place oneself in position for an artist, photographer, etc.; pose: to sit for a portrait.
5.
to remain quiet or inactive: They let the matter sit.
6.
(of a bird) to perch or roost.
7.
(of a hen) to cover eggs to hatch them; brood.
8.
to fit, rest, or hang, as a garment: The jacket sits well on your shoulders.
9.
to occupy a place or have a seat in an official assembly or in an official capacity, as a legislator, judge, or bishop.
10.
to be convened or in session, as an assembly.
11.
to act as a baby-sitter.
12.
(of wind) to blow from the indicated direction: The wind sits in the west tonight.
13.
to be accepted or considered in the way indicated: Something about his looks just didn't sit right with me.
14.
Informal. to be acceptable to the stomach: Something I ate for breakfast didn't sit too well.
–verb (used with object)
15.
to cause to sit; seat (often fol. by down): Sit yourself down. He sat me near him.
16.
to sit astride or keep one's seat on (a horse or other animal): She sits her horse gracefully.
17.
to provide seating accommodations or seating room for; seat: Our dining-room table only sits six people.
18.
Informal. to serve as baby-sitter for: A neighbor can sit the children while you go out.
—Verb phrases
19.
sit down,
a.
to take a seat.
b.
to descend to a sitting position; alight.
c.
to take up a position, as to encamp or besiege: The military forces sat down at the approaches to the city.
20.
sit in,
a.
to attend or take part as a visitor or temporary participant: to sit in at a bridge game; to sit in for the band's regular pianist.
b.
to take part in a sit-in.
21.
sit in on, to be a spectator, observer, or visitor at: to sit in on classes.
22.
sit on or upon,
a.
to inquire into or deliberate over: A coroner's jury was called to sit on the case.
b.
Informal. to suppress; silence: They sat on the bad news as long as they could.
c.
Informal. to check or rebuke; squelch: I'll sit on him if he tries to interrupt me.
23.
sit out,
a.
to stay to the end of: Though bored, we sat out the play.
b.
to surpass in endurance: He sat out his tormentors.
c.
to keep one's seat during (a dance, competition, etc.); fail to participate in: We sat out all the Latin-American numbers.
24.
sit up,
a.
to rise from a supine to a sitting position.
b.
to delay the hour of retiring beyond the usual time.
c.
to sit upright; hold oneself erect.
d.
Informal. to become interested or astonished: We all sat up when the holiday was announced.
—Idioms
25.
sit on one's hands,
a.
to fail to applaud.
b.
to fail to take appropriate action.
26.
sit pretty, Informal. to be in a comfortable situation: He's been sitting pretty ever since he got that new job.
27.
sit tight, to bide one's time; take no action: I'm going to sit tight till I hear from you.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME sitten, OE sittan; c. D zitten, G sitzen, ON sitja; akin to Goth sitan, L sedére, Gk hézesthai (base hed-); cf. set, sedate, cathedral, nest]
O.E. sittan "to be seated, to seat oneself" (class V strong verb; past tense sæt, pp. seten), from P.Gmc. *setjanan (cf. O.S. sittian, O.N. sitja, O.Fris. sitta, M.Du. sitten, Du. zitten, O.H.G. sizzan, Ger. sitzen, Goth. sitan), from PIE base *sed- "to sit" (see sedentary). In ref. to a legislative assembly, from 1518. Meaning "to baby-sit" is recorded from 1966. Sitting room first recorded 1771. Slang sitting duck "easy target" first recorded 1944; lit. sense is from 1867 (it is considered not sporting to shoot at one). Sitting pretty is from 1921. To sit on one's hands was originally "to withhold applause" (1926); later, "to do nothing" (1959). To sit around "be idle, do nothing" is 1915, Amer.Eng. To sit out "not take part" is from 1626.
assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often" [syn: model]
6.
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions; "She never sat a horse!"; "Did you ever ride a camel?"; "The girl liked to drive the young mare" [syn: ride]
7.
be located or situated somewhere; "The White House sits on Pennsylvania Avenue"
8.
work or act as a baby-sitter; "I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do" [syn: baby-sit]
9.
show to a seat; assign a seat for; "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith" [syn: seat]
10.
serve in a specific professional capacity; "the priest sat for confession"; "she sat on the jury"
to (cause to) rest on the buttocks; to (cause to) be seated Example: He likes sitting on the floor; They sat me in the chair and started asking questions.
Arabic:
يَجْلِس
Chinese (Simplified):
坐
Chinese (Traditional):
坐
Czech:
sedět; posadit
Danish:
sidde; sætte
Estonian:
istuma, istet pakkuma
Finnish:
istua, istuutua, panna istumaan
French:
(s')asseoir; être assis
German:
sich setzen
Greek:
κάθομαι, καθίζω κπ.
Hungarian:
ül
Icelandic:
sitja
Indonesian:
duduk
Italian:
sedersi, far sedere*
Japanese:
すわる
Korean:
앉다, 앉히다
Latvian:
sēdēt; nosēdināt
Lithuanian:
sėdėti, (pa)sodinti
Norwegian:
sitte
Polish:
siedzieć, sadzać
Portuguese (Brazil):
sentar(-se)
Portuguese (Portugal):
sentar
Romanian:
a se aşeza; a fi aşezat
Russian:
сидеть; садиться;усаживать
Slovak:
sedieť , * posadiť
Slovenian:
sedeti; posaditi
Spanish:
sentar(se)
Swedish:
sitta, sätta, placera
Turkish:
oturmak
sit2[sit]verb
to lie or rest; to have a certain position Example: The parcel is sitting on the table.
Arabic:
يَسْتَقِر
Chinese (Simplified):
摆，放，坐落
Chinese (Traditional):
擺，放，坐落
Czech:
ležet
Danish:
ligge
Dutch:
liggen
Estonian:
olema, asetsema
Finnish:
olla
French:
être posé
German:
liegen
Greek:
βρίσκομαι
Hungarian:
fekszik, hever
Icelandic:
vera staðsettur (liggja, standa, hanga)
Indonesian:
terletak
Italian:
stare
Japanese:
位置する
Korean:
(…에) 위치하다, 놓여 있다
Latvian:
gulēt; atrasties
Lithuanian:
gulėti
Norwegian:
stå, ligge
Polish:
leżeć
Portuguese (Brazil):
pousar
Portuguese (Portugal):
encontrar-se
Romanian:
a fi aşezat
Russian:
находиться
Slovak:
ležať
Slovenian:
ležati
Spanish:
estar, encontrarse
Swedish:
ligga
Turkish:
durmak, bulunmak
sit3[sit]verb
(withon) to be an official member of (a board, committee etc) Example: He sat on several committees.
Arabic:
يكونُ عُضْوا ، يَشْتَرِكُ في
Chinese (Simplified):
当…委员
Chinese (Traditional):
當…委員
Czech:
zasedat
Danish:
sidde
Dutch:
zitting hebben
Estonian:
liikmeks olema
Finnish:
toimia
French:
siéger (dans); faire partie (de)
German:
angehören
Greek:
συμμετέχω, είμαι επίσημο μέλος
Hungarian:
tagja (bizottságnak), bizottsági tag
Icelandic:
eiga sæti í
Indonesian:
menjadi anggota
Italian:
(fare parte), (essere in carica)
Japanese:
～の一員である
Korean:
직위에 앉다, 재직하다
Latvian:
būt (organizācijas u.tml.) loceklim
Lithuanian:
būti nariu
Norwegian:
sitte (på), være medlem av
Polish:
zasiadać
Portuguese (Brazil):
ser membro de
Portuguese (Portugal):
pertencer
Romanian:
a asista (la); a lua parte (la)
Russian:
быть членом, занимать пост
Slovak:
zasadať
Slovenian:
biti član
Spanish:
ser miembro (de), formar parte (de)
Swedish:
sitta i, vara medlem av
Turkish:
üye olmak, bulunmak
sit4[sit]verb
(of birds) to perch Example: An owl was sitting in the tree by the window.
Arabic:
يَرْقُد
Chinese (Simplified):
栖息
Chinese (Traditional):
棲息
Czech:
sedět
Danish:
sidde
Dutch:
zitten
Estonian:
(õrrel) istuma
Finnish:
istua
French:
être perché
German:
sitzen
Greek:
κουρνιάζω (για πουλί)
Hungarian:
leszáll (vmire)
Icelandic:
sitja
Indonesian:
bertengger
Italian:
(essere appollaiato)
Japanese:
とまる
Korean:
(새 등이) 나뭇가지에 앉다
Latvian:
sēdēt; tupēt
Lithuanian:
tupėti
Norwegian:
sitte
Polish:
siedzieć
Portuguese (Brazil):
pousar
Portuguese (Portugal):
empoleirar-se
Romanian:
a sta cocoţat
Russian:
сидеть
Slovak:
sedieť
Slovenian:
sedeti
Spanish:
posarse
Swedish:
sitta
Turkish:
tünemek
sit5[sit]verb
to undergo (an examination)
Arabic:
يَتَقَدَّم إلى الإمْتِحان
Chinese (Simplified):
参加（考试）
Chinese (Traditional):
參加(考試)
Czech:
podstoupit
Danish:
gå igennem
Dutch:
afleggen
Estonian:
eksamit tegema
Finnish:
suorittaa tentti
French:
se présenter à
German:
sich unterziehen
Greek:
υφίσταμαι, περνώ από (π.χ. εξετάσεις)
Hungarian:
(le)vizsgázik
Icelandic:
gangast undir
Indonesian:
mengikuti
Italian:
presentarsi
Japanese:
受験する
Korean:
(시험 등을) 치르다
Latvian:
kārtot eksāmenu
Lithuanian:
laikyti
Norwegian:
være oppe til eksamen
Polish:
przystępować do
Portuguese (Brazil):
comparecer a
Portuguese (Portugal):
fazer
Romanian:
susţine
Russian:
держать, сдавать
Slovak:
podstúpiť
Slovenian:
opravljati (izpit)
Spanish:
presentarse (a)
Swedish:
genomgå , gå upp i
Turkish:
sınava girmek
sit6[sit]verb
to take up a position, or act as a model, in order to have one's picture painted or one's photograph taken Example: She is sitting for a portrait/photograph.
Arabic:
يَجْلِس أمام الرَّسّام لِيُصَوِّرَه
Chinese (Simplified):
摆好姿势，做模特儿
Chinese (Traditional):
擺好姿勢，做模特兒
Czech:
sedět
Danish:
sidde model
Dutch:
poseren
Estonian:
poseerima
Finnish:
istua mallina
French:
poser
German:
sitzen
Greek:
ποζάρω
Hungarian:
modellt ül
Icelandic:
sitja fyrir
Indonesian:
berpose
Italian:
posare
Japanese:
ポーズをとる
Korean:
(초상화나 사진을 위해) 포즈를 취하다
Latvian:
pozēt
Lithuanian:
pozuoti
Norwegian:
sitte modell
Polish:
pozować
Portuguese (Brazil):
posar
Portuguese (Portugal):
posar
Romanian:
a poza
Russian:
позировать
Slovak:
sedieť
Slovenian:
pozirati
Spanish:
posar
Swedish:
sitta
Turkish:
poz vermek
sit7[sit]verb
(of a committee, parliament etc) to be in session Example: Parliament sits from now until Christmas.
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Main Entry: sit Function: intransitive verb Inflected Forms: sat; sit·ting 1: to occupy a place as a member of an official or formal body
<sit in Congress> <sit on a board of directors> 2: to hold a session : conduct official business <the court sits in the state
capital>
As*sid"u*ous\, a. [L. assiduus, fr. assid?re to sit near or close; ad + sed[=e]re to sit. See Sit.]1. Constant in application or attention; devoted; attentive; unremitting. She grows more assiduous in her attendance. --Addison. 2. Performed with constant diligence or attention; unremitting; persistent; as, assiduous labor. To weary him with my assiduous cries. --Milton. Syn: Diligent; attentive; sedulous; unwearied; unintermitted; persevering; laborious; indefatigable. As*sid"u*ous*ly, adv. -- As*sid"u*ous*ness, n.
As*size"\, n. [OE. assise, asise, OF. assise, F. assises, assembly of judges, the decree pronounced by them, tax, impost, fr. assis, assise, p. p. of asseoir, fr. L. assid?re to sit by; ad + sed[=e]re to sit. See Sit, Size, and cf. Excise, Assess.]1. An assembly of knights and other substantial men, with a bailiff or justice, in a certain place and at a certain time, for public business. [Obs.] 2. (Law) (a) A special kind of jury or inquest. (b) A kind of writ or real action. (c) A verdict or finding of a jury upon such writ. (d) A statute or ordinance in general. Specifically: (1) A statute regulating the weight, measure, and proportions of ingredients and the price of articles sold in the market; as, the assize of bread and other provisions; (2) A statute fixing the standard of weights and measures. (e) Anything fixed or reduced to a certainty in point of time, number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc.; as, rent of assize. --Glanvill. --Spelman. --Cowell. --Blackstone. --Tomlins. --Burrill. Note: [This term is not now used in England in the sense of a writ or real action, and seldom of a jury of any kind, but in Scotch practice it is still technically applied to the jury in criminal cases. --Stephen. --Burrill. --Erskine.] (f) A court, the sitting or session of a court, for the trial of processes, whether civil or criminal, by a judge and jury. --Blackstone. --Wharton. --Encyc. Brit. (g) The periodical sessions of the judges of the superior courts in every county of England for the purpose of administering justice in the trial and determination of civil and criminal cases; -- usually in the plural. --Brande. --Wharton. --Craig. --Burrill. (h) The time or place of holding the court of assize; -- generally in the plural, assizes. 3. Measure; dimension; size. [In this sense now corrupted into size.] An hundred cubits high by just assize. --Spenser. [Formerly written, as in French, assise.]
Chair\, n. [OE. chaiere, chaere, OF. chaiere, chaere, F. chaire pulpit, fr. L. cathedra chair, armchair, a teacher's or professor's chair, Gr. ? down + ? seat, ? to sit, akin to E. sit. See Sit, and cf. Cathedral, chaise.]1. A movable single seat with a back. 2. An official seat, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself. The chair of a philosophical school. --Whewell. A chair of philology. --M. Arnold. 3. The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair. 4. A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig. --Shak. Think what an equipage thou hast in air, And view with scorn two pages and a chair. --Pope. 5. An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers. Chair days, days of repose and age. To put into the chair, to elect as president, or as chairman of a meeting. --Macaulay. To take the chair, to assume the position of president, or of chairman of a meeting.
Dis"si*dent\, a. [L. dissidens, -entis, p. pr. of dissidere to sit apart, to disagree; dis- + sedere to sit: cf. F. dissident. See Sit.] No agreeing; dissenting; discordant; different. Our life and manners be dissident from theirs. --Robynson (More's Utopia).
In*sid"i*ous\, a. [L. insidiosus, fr. insidiae an ambush, fr. insidere to sit in; pref. in- + sedere to sit: cf. F. insidieux. See Sit.]1. Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons; as, the insidious foe. "The insidious witch." --Cowper. 2. Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit; as, insidious arts. The insidious whisper of the bad angel. --Hawthorne. Insidious disease (Med.), a disease existing, without marked symptoms, but ready to become active upon some slight occasion; a disease not appearing to be as bad as it really is. Syn: Crafty; wily; artful; sly; designing; guileful; circumventive; treacherous; deceitful; deceptive. -- In*sid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- In*sid"i*ous*ness, n.
Nest\, n. [AS. nest; akin to D. & G. nest, Sw. n["a]ste, L. nidus, for nisdus, Skr. n[=i]?a resting place, nest; cf. Lith. lizdas, Arm. neiz, Gael. & Ir. nead. Prob. from the particle ni down, Skr. ni + the root of E. sit, and thus orig., a place to sit down in. [root] 264. See Nether, and Sit, and cf. Eyas, Nidification, Nye.]1. The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young. The birds of the air have nests. --Matt. viii. 20. 2. Hence: the place in which the eggs of other animals, as insects, turtles, etc., are laid and hatched; a snug place in which young animals are reared. --Bentley. 3. A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or situation; a retreat, or place of habitual resort; hence, those who occupy a nest, frequent a haunt, or are associated in the same pursuit; as, a nest of traitors; a nest of bugs. A little cottage, like some poor man's nest. --Spenser. 4. (Geol.) An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock. 5. A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger. 6. (Mech.) A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively. Nest egg, an egg left in the nest to prevent the hen from forsaking it, and to induce her to lay more in the same place; hence, figuratively, something laid up as the beginning of a fund or collection. --Hudibras.
Pos*sess"\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Possessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Possessing.] [L. possessus, p. p. of possidere to have, possess, from an inseparable prep. (cf. Position) + sedere to sit. See Sit.]1. To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own keeping; to have and to hold. Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land. --Jer. xxxii. 15. Yet beauty, though injurious, hath strange power, After offense returning, to regain Love once possessed. --Milton. 2. To have the legal title to; to have a just right to; to be master of; to own; to have; as, to possess property, an estate, a book. I am yours, and all that I possess. --Shak. 3. To obtain occupation or possession of; to accomplish; to gain; to seize. How . . . to possess the purpose they desired. --Spenser. 4. To enter into and influence; to control the will of; to fill; to affect; -- said especially of evil spirits, passions, etc. "Weakness possesseth me." --Shak. Those which were possessed with devils. --Matt. iv. 24. For ten inspired, ten thousand are possessed. --Roscommon. 5. To put in possession; to make the owner or holder of property, power, knowledge, etc.; to acquaint; to inform; -- followed by of or with before the thing possessed, and now commonly used reflexively. I have possessed your grace of what I purpose. --Shak. Record a gift . . . of all he dies possessed Unto his son. --Shak. We possessed our selves of the kingdom of Naples. --Addison. To possess our minds with an habitual good intention. --Addison. Syn: To have; hold; occupy; control; own. Usage: Possess, Have. Have is the more general word. To possess denotes to have as a property. It usually implies more permanence or definiteness of control or ownership than is involved in having. A man does not possess his wife and children: they are (so to speak) part of himself. For the same reason, we have the faculties of reason, understanding, will, sound judgment, etc.: they are exercises of the mind, not possessions.
Pre*side"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Presided; p. pr. & vb. n. Presiding.] [L. praesidere; prae before + sedere to sit: cf. F. pr['e]sider. See Sit.]1. To be set, or to sit, in the place of authority; to occupy the place of president, chairman, moderator, director, etc.; to direct, control, and regulate, as chief officer; as, to preside at a public meeting; to preside over the senate. 2. To exercise superintendence; to watch over. Some o'er the public magazines preside. --Dryden.
Re*side"\ (r?-z?d"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Resided; p. pr. & vb. n. Residing.] [F. r['e]sider, L. residere; pref. re- re- + sedere to sit. See Sit. ]1. To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to abide continuosly; to have one's domicile of home; to remain for a long time. At the moated grange, resides this dejected Mariana. --Shak. In no fixed place the happy souls reside. --Dryden. 2. To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element. In such like acts, the duty and virtue of contentedness doth especially reside. --Barrow. 3. To sink; to settle, as sediment. [Obs.] --Boyle. Syn: To dwell; inhabit; sojourn; abide; remain; live; domiciliate; domicile.
San"he*drin\, Sanhedrim \San"he*drim\, n. [Heb. sanhedr[=i]n, fr. Gr. ?; ? with + ? a seat, fr. ? to sit. See Sit.] (Jewish Antiq.) the great council of the Jews, which consisted of seventy members, to whom the high priest was added. It had jurisdiction of religious matters.
S['e]`ance"\, n. [F., fr. L. sedens, -entis, p. pr. of sedere to sit. See Sit.] A session, as of some public body; especially, a meeting of spiritualists to receive spirit communication, so called.
Seat\, n. [OE. sete, Icel. s[ae]ti; akin to Sw. s["a]te, Dan. s[ae]de, MHG. s[=a]ze, AS. set, setl, and E. sit. [root]154. See Sit, and cf. Settle, n.]1. 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. And Jesus . . . overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the seats of them that sold doves. --Matt. xxi. 12. 2. 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. Where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is. --Rev. ii. 13. He that builds a fair house upon an ill seat committeth himself to prison. --Bacon. A seat of plenty, content, and tranquillity. --Macaulay. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback. She had so good a seat and hand she might be trusted with any mount. --G. Eliot. 6. (Mach.) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat. Seat worm (Zo["o]l.), the pinworm.
Se*date"\, a. [L. sedatus, p. p. of sedare, sedatum, to allay, calm, causative of sedere to sit. See Sit.] Undisturbed by passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene; not passionate or giddy; composed; staid; as, a sedate soul, mind, or temper. Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and sedate temper which is so necessary to contemplate truth. --I. Watts. Whatsoever we feel and know Too sedate for outward show. --Wordsworth. Syn: Settled; composed; calm; quiet; tranquil; still; serene; unruffled; undisturbed; contemplative; sober; serious. -- Se*date"ly, adv. -- Se*date"ness, n.
Sed"i*ment\, n. [F. s['e]diment, L. sedimentum a settling, fr. sedere to sit, to settle. See Sit.]1. The matter which subsides to the bottom, frrom water or any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs. 2. (Geol.) The material of which sedimentary rocks are formed.
See\, n. [OE. se, see, OF. se, sed, sied, fr. L. sedes a seat, or the kindred sedere to sit. See Sit, and cf. Siege.]1. A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Jove laughed on Venus from his sovereign see. --Spenser. 2. Specifically: (a) The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the jurisdiction of a bishop; as, the see of New York. (b) The seat of an archibishop; a province or jurisdiction of an archibishop; as, an archiepiscopal see. (c) The seat, place, or office of the pope, or Roman pontiff; as, the papal see. (d) The pope or his court at Rome; as, to appeal to the see of Rome. Apostolic see. See under Apostolic.
Sell\, n. [F. selle, L. sella, akin to sedere to sit. See Sit.]1. A saddle for a horse. [Obs.] He left his lofty steed with golden self. --Spenser. 2. A throne or lofty seat. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
Ses"sion\, n. [L. sessio, fr. sedere, sessum, to sit: cf. F. session. See Sit.]1. The act of sitting, or the state of being seated. [Archaic] So much his ascension into heaven and his session at the right hand of God do import. --Hooker. But Viven, gathering somewhat of his mood, . . . Leaped from her session on his lap, and stood. --Tennyson. 2. The actual sitting of a court, council, legislature, etc., or the actual assembly of the members of such a body, for the transaction of business. It's fit this royal session do proceed. --Shak. 3. Hence, also, the time, period, or term during which a court, council, legislature, etc., meets daily for business; or, the space of time between the first meeting and the prorogation or adjournment; thus, a session of Parliaments is opened with a speech from the throne, and closed by prorogation. The session of a judicial court is called a term. It was resolved that the convocation should meet at the beginning of the next session of Parliament. --Macaulay. Note: Sessions, in some of the States, is particularly used as a title for a court of justices, held for granting licenses to innkeepers, etc., and for laying out highways, and the like; it is also the title of several courts of criminal jurisdiction in England and the United States. Church session, the lowest court in the Presbyterian Church, composed of the pastor and a body of elders elected by the members of a particular church, and having the care of matters pertaining to the religious interests of that church, as the admission and dismission of members, discipline, etc. Court of Session, the supreme civil court of Scotland. Quarter sessions. (Eng.Law) See under Quarter. Sessions of the peace, sittings held by justices of the peace. [Eng.]
Set\ (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Set; p. pr. & vb. n. Setting.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s["a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root of E. sit. [root]154. See Sit, and cf. Seize.]1. To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest or trunk on its bottom or on end. I do set my bow in the cloud. --Gen. ix. 13. 2. Hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place. Set your affection on things above. --Col. iii. 2. The Lord set a mark upon Cain. --Gen. iv. 15. 3. To make to assume specified place, condition, or occupation; to put in a certain condition or state (described by the accompanying words); to cause to be. The Lord thy God will set thee on high. --Deut. xxviii. 1. I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother. --Matt. x. 35. Every incident sets him thinking. --Coleridge. 4. To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or condition to. Specifically: (a) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass; as, to set a coach in the mud. They show how hard they are set in this particular. --Addison. (b) To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance. His eyes were set by reason of his age. --1 Kings xiv. 4. On these three objects his heart was set. --Macaulay. Make my heart as a millstone, set my face as a flint. --Tennyson. (c) To fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant; as, to set pear trees in an orchard. (d) To fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass in a sash. And him too rich a jewel to be set In vulgar metal for a vulgar use. --Dryden. (e) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese. 5. To put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to regulate; to adapt. Specifically: (a) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare; as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw. Tables for to sette, and beddes make. --Chaucer. (b) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship. (c) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as, to set a psalm. --Fielding. (d) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to replace; as, to set a broken bone. (e) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock. (f) (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure. 6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk. I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die. --Shak. 7. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare for singing. Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute. --Dryden. 8. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse. 9. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there. High on their heads, with jewels richly set, Each lady wore a radiant coronet. --Dryden. Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms. --Wordsworth. 10. To value; to rate; -- with at. Be you contented, wearing now the garland, To have a son set your decrees at naught. --Shak. I do not set my life at a pin's fee. --Shak. 11. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other game; -- said of hunting dogs. 12. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be learned. 13. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.] 14. (Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page. To set abroach. See Abroach. [Obs.] --Shak. To set against, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one thing against another. To set agoing, to cause to move. To set apart, to separate to a particular use; to separate from the rest; to reserve. To set a saw, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent the saw from sticking. To set aside. (a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to neglect; to reject; to annul. Setting aside all other considerations, I will endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that. --Tillotson. (b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of one's income. (c) (Law) See under Aside. To set at defiance, to defy. To set at ease, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the heart at ease. To set at naught, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise. "Ye have set at naught all my counsel." --Prov. i. 25. To set atrap, snare, or gin, to put it in a proper condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan to deceive and draw another into one's power. To set at work, or To set to work. (a) To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how tu enter on work. (b) To apply one's self; -- used reflexively. To set before. (a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit. (b) To propose for choice to; to offer to. To set by. (a) To set apart or on one side; to reject. (b) To attach the value of (anything) to. "I set not a straw by thy dreamings." --Chaucer. To set by the compass, to observe and note the bearing or situation of by the compass. To set case, to suppose; to assume. Cf. Put case, under Put, v. t. [Obs.] --Chaucer. To set down. (a) To enter in writing; to register. Some rules were to be set down for the government of the army. --Clarendon. (b) To fix; to establish; to ordain. This law we may name eternal, being that order which God . . . hath set down with himself, for himself to do all things by. --Hooker. (c) To humiliate. To set eyes on, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on. To set fire to, or To set on fire, to communicate fire to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to irritate. To set flying (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc., instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; -- said of a sail. To set forth. (a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt; to display. (b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear. --Waller. (c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.] The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty galleys, set forth by the Venetians. --Knolles. To set forward. (a) To cause to advance. (b) To promote. To set free, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or bondage; to liberate; to emancipate. To set in, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to. [Obs.] If you please to assist and set me in, I will recollect myself. --Collier. To set in order, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method. "The rest will I set in order when I come." --1 Cor. xi. 34. To set milk. (a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream may rise to the surface. (b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of rennet. See 4 (e) . To setmuch, or little, by, to care much, or little, for. To set of, to value; to set by. [Obs.] "I set not an haw of his proverbs." --Chaucer. To set off. (a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of an estate. (b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish. They . . . set off the worst faces with the best airs. --Addison. (c) To give a flattering description of. To set off against, to place against as an equivalent; as, to set off one man's services against another's. To seton or upon. (a) To incite; to instigate. "Thou, traitor, hast set on thy wife to this." --Shak. (b) To employ, as in a task. " Set on thy wife to observe." --Shak. (c) To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's heart or affections on some object. See definition 2, above. To set one's cap for. See under Cap, n. To set one's self against, to place one's self in a state of enmity or opposition to. To set one's teeth, to press them together tightly. To set on foot, to set going; to put in motion; to start. To set out. (a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an estate; to set out the widow's thirds. (b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.] (c) To adorn; to embellish. An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with jewels, nothing can become. --Dryden. (d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.] The Venetians pretend they could set out, in case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war. --Addison. (e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off. I could set out that best side of Luther. --Atterbury. (f) To show; to prove. [R.] "Those very reasons set out how heinous his sin was." --Atterbury. (g) (Law) To recite; to state at large. To set over. (a) To appoint or constitute as supervisor, inspector, ruler, or commander. (b) To assign; to transfer; to convey. To set right, to correct; to put in order. To set sail. (Naut.) See under Sail, n. To set store by, to consider valuable. To set the fashion, to determine what shall be the fashion; to establish the mode. To set the teeth on edge, to affect the teeth with a disagreeable sensation, as when acids are brought in contact with them. To set the watch (Naut.), to place the starboard or port watch on duty. To set to, to attach to; to affix to. "He . . . hath set to his seal that God is true." --John iii. 33. To set up. (a) To erect; to raise; to elevate; as, to set up a building, or a machine; to set up a post, a wall, a pillar. (b) Hence, to exalt; to put in power. "I will . . . set up the throne of David over Israel." --2 Sam. iii. 10. (c) To begin, as a new institution; to institute; to establish; to found; as, to set up a manufactory; to set up a school. (d) To enable to commence a new business; as, to set up a son in trade. (e) To place in view; as, to set up a mark. (f) To raise; to utter loudly; as, to set up the voice. I'll set up such a note as she shall hear. --Dryden. (g) To advance; to propose as truth or for reception; as, to set up a new opinion or doctrine. --T. Burnet. (h) To raise from depression, or to a sufficient fortune; as, this good fortune quite set him up. (i) To intoxicate. [Slang] (j) (Print.) To put in type; as, to set up copy; to arrange in words, lines, etc., ready for printing; as, to set up type. To set up the rigging (Naut.), to make it taut by means of tackles. --R. H. Dana, Jr. Syn: See Put.
Set"tle\, n. [OE. setel, setil, a seat, AS. setl: akin to OHG. sezzal, G. sessel, Goth. sitls, and E. sit. [root]154. See Sit.]1. A seat of any kind. [Obs.] "Upon the settle of his majesty" --Hampole. 2. A bench; especially, a bench with a high back. 3. A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part. And from the bottom upon the ground, even to the lower settle, shall be two cu
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