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re⋅set

  [v. ree-set; n. ree-set] verb, -set, -set⋅ting, noun
Use reset in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to set again: to reset an alarm clock.
2. to set back the odometer on (an auto or other vehicle) to a lower reading: a used-car dealer charged with resetting his cars.
–verb (used without object)
3. to become set again: The alarm bell resets automatically.
–noun
4. the act of resetting.
5. that which is reset.
6. a plant which is replanted.
7. a device used in resetting an instrument or control mechanism.
Origin:
1645–55; re- + set

Related forms:
re⋅set⋅ta⋅ble, adjective
re⋅set⋅ter, noun
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re·set   (rē-sět')   
tr.v.   re·set, re·set·ting, re·sets
  1. To set again: reset a broken bone.
  2. To change the reading of: reset a clock.
n.   (rē'sět')
  1. The act of setting again.
  2. Something set again.
re·set'ta·ble adj., re·set'ter n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Reset

Re*set"\ (r?-s?t"), v. t. To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a diamond.

Reset

Re"set\ (r?"s?t), n. 1. The act of resetting.

2. (Print.) That which is reset; matter set up again.

Reset

Re*set"\ (r?-s?t"), n. [OF. recete, recepte, a receiving. Cf. Receipt.] (Scots Law) The receiving of stolen goods, or harboring an outlaw. --Jamieson.

Reset

Re*set"\, v. t. (Scots Law) To harbor or secrete; to hide, as stolen goods or a criminal.

We shall see if an English hound is to harbor and reset the Southrons here. --Sir. W. Scott.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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