seated

/ˈsiːtɪd/

verb

  1. 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. 2

    To provide with places to sit.

    The waiter seated us and asked what we would like to drink.
  3. 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. 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. 5

    To assign the seats of.

    to seat a church
  6. 6

    To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.

  7. 7

    To rest; to lie down.

  8. 8

    To settle; to plant with inhabitants.

    to seat a country
  9. 9

    To put a seat or bottom in.

    to seat a chair

adjective

  1. 1

    Sitting

  2. 2

    Of a woman's skirt, stretched out and baggy over the wearer's buttocks from much sitting while wearing the skirt

  3. 3

    Fixed; confirmed

  4. 4

    Located; situated

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