seated
/ˈsiːtɪd/
verb
- 1
To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.
“Be sure to seat the gasket properly before attaching the cover.”
- 2
To provide with places to sit.
“The waiter seated us and asked what we would like to drink.”
- 3
To request or direct one or more persons to sit.
“Please seat the audience after the anthem and then introduce the first speaker.”
- 4
(legislature) To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session.
“Only half the delegates from the state were seated at the convention because the state held its primary too early.”
- 5
To assign the seats of.
“to seat a church”
- 6
To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
- 7
To rest; to lie down.
- 8
To settle; to plant with inhabitants.
“to seat a country”
- 9
To put a seat or bottom in.
“to seat a chair”
adjective
- 1
Sitting
- 2
Of a woman's skirt, stretched out and baggy over the wearer's buttocks from much sitting while wearing the skirt
- 3
Fixed; confirmed
- 4
Located; situated
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