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Resit and Reseat Definitions

Resit

(transitive) To take an examination a second time.

Reseat

To provide with a new or different seat.

Resit

An examination taken a second time.

Reseat

To fit (a valve, for example) in a new seating.

Reseat

(transitive) To provide (e.g. a room) with more, or new, seats.
We should reseat this cinema: the old seats are worn.
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Reseat

(transitive) To seat (someone) again, to give somebody a different seat.
We have to reseat you, sir: this seat is reserved for the guest speaker.

Reseat

To sit down again.
I reseated after standing up to applaud the prizewinner.

Reseat

To plug (something) back into its socket.
Try reseating your video adapter, and see if that fixes your computer's problems.

Reseat

To fit (something, especially a valve) back into its place.
To ensure that there are no leaks, clean the surfaces before you reseat the valve.

Reseat

To seat or set again, as on a chair, throne, etc.
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Reseat

To put a new seat, or new seats, in; as, to reseat a theater; to reseat a chair or trousers.

Reseat

Provide with a new seat;
Reseat the old broken chair

Reseat

Provide with new seats;
Reseat Carnegie Hall

Reseat

Show to a different seat;
The usher insisted on reseating us

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