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reseat

[ ree-seet ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

reseat

/ riːˈsiːt /

Origin of reseat¹

First recorded in 1630–40; re- + seat

Lagrenay rose rifle in hand, but the two Americans disarmed him, and forced him to reseat himself.

Novices sometimes try to reseat a valve by the use of emery.

Ragna stopped, but did not reseat herself, so both remained standing.

Count Monte Nuovo bowed and signed to her to reseat herself.

He looked up at the light shining down through the drawn curtain, and hurriedly shut it out, to reseat himself and think.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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