seateth

Verb

seat (third-person singular simple present seats, present participle seating, simple past and past participle seated)

1. (transitive) 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. (transitive) To provide with a place to sit.
   • This classroom seats two hundred students.
3. (transitive) To request or direct one or more persons to sit.
   • Please seat the audience after the anthem and then introduce the first speaker.
4. (transitive, 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. (transitive) To assign the seats of.
   • to seat a church
6. (transitive) To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
   • This valve isn't seating properly.

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