| | slovo | definícia |  | To sit (gcide)
 | Bodkin \Bod"kin\ (b[o^]d"k[i^]n), n. [OE. boydekyn dagger; of uncertain origin; cf. W. bidog hanger, short sword, Ir.
 bideog, Gael. biodag.]
 1. A dagger. [Obs.]
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 When he himself might his quietus make
 With a bare bodkin.                   --Shak.
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 2. (Needlework) An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc.,
 with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a
 stiletto; an eyeleteer.
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 3. (Print.) A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking out
 letters from a column or page in making corrections.
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 4. A kind of needle with a large eye and a blunt point, for
 drawing tape, ribbon, etc., through a loop or a hem; a
 tape needle.
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 Wedged whole ages in a bodkin's eye.  --Pope.
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 5. A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair.
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 To sit, ride, or travel bodkin, to sit closely wedged
 between two persons. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
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 | | podobné slovo | definícia |  | To sit at (gcide)
 | Sit \Sit\, v. i. [imp. Sat(Sate, archaic); p. p. Sat (Sitten, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Sitting.] [OE. sitten,
 AS. sittan; akin to OS. sittian, OFries. sitta, D. zitten, G.
 sitzen, OHG. sizzen, Icel. sitja, SW. sitta, Dan. sidde,
 Goth. sitan, Russ. sidiete, L. sedere, Gr. ???, Skr. sad.
 [root]154. Cf. Assess,Assize, Cathedral, Chair,
 Dissident, Excise, Insidious, Possess, Reside,
 Sanhedrim, Seance, Seat, n., Sedate, 4th Sell,
 Siege, Session, Set, v. t., Sizar, Size,
 Subsidy.]
 1. To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the
 trunk of the body; -- said of human beings, and sometimes
 of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on
 the ground.
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 And he came and took the book put of the right hand
 of him that sate upon the seat.       --Bible (1551)
 (Rev. v. 7.)
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 I pray you, jest, sir, as you sit at dinner. --Shak.
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 2. To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a
 branch, pole, etc.
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 3. To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest
 in any position or condition.
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 And Moses said to . . . the children of Reuben,
 Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit
 here?                                 --Num. xxxii.
 6.
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 Like a demigod here sit I in the sky. --Shak.
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 4. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as,
 a weight or burden sits lightly upon him.
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 The calamity sits heavy on us.        --Jer. Taylor.
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 5. To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sits well or ill.
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 This new and gorgeous garment, majesty,
 Sits not so easy on me as you think.  --Shak.
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 6. To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit;
 -- used impersonally. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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 7. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood;
 to incubate.
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 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them
 not.                                  --Jer. xvii.
 11.
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 8. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a
 relative position; to have direction.
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 Like a good miller that knows how to grind, which
 way soever the wind sits.             --Selden.
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 Sits the wind in that quarter?        --Sir W.
 Scott.
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 9. To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body;
 as, to sit in Congress.
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 10. To hold a session; to be in session for official
 business; -- said of legislative assemblies, courts,
 etc.; as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit
 to-night.
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 11. To take a position for the purpose of having some
 artistic representation of one's self made, as a picture
 or a bust; as, to sit to a painter.
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 To sit at, to rest under; to be subject to. [Obs.] "A
 farmer can not husband his ground so well if he sit at a
 great rent". --Bacon.
 
 To sit at meat or To sit at table, to be at table for
 eating.
 
 To sit down.
 (a) To place one's self on a chair or other seat; as, to
 sit down when tired.
 (b) To begin a siege; as, the enemy sat down before the
 town.
 (c) To settle; to fix a permanent abode. --Spenser.
 (d) To rest; to cease as satisfied. "Here we can not sit
 down, but still proceed in our search." --Rogers.
 
 To sit for a fellowship, to offer one's self for
 examination with a view to obtaining a fellowship. [Eng.
 Univ.]
 
 To sit out.
 (a) To be without engagement or employment. [Obs.] --Bp.
 Sanderson.
 (b) To outstay.
 (c) To elect not to participate in, as a dance or a hand
 of cards.
 
 To sit under, to be under the instruction or ministrations
 of; as, to sit under a preacher; to sit under good
 preaching.
 
 To sit up, to rise from, or refrain from, a recumbent
 posture or from sleep; to sit with the body upright; as,
 to sit up late at night; also, to watch; as, to sit up
 with a sick person. "He that was dead sat up, and began to
 speak." --Luke vii. 15.
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 |  | To sit at chambers (gcide)
 | Chamber \Cham"ber\, n. [F. chambre, fr. L. camera vault, arched roof, in LL. chamber, fr. Gr. ? anything with a vaulted roof
 or arched covering; cf. Skr. kmar to be crooked. Cf.
 Camber, Camera, Comrade.]
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 1. A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a
 bedroom; as, the house had four chambers.
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 2. pl. Apartments in a lodging house. "A bachelor's life in
 chambers." --Thackeray.
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 3. A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative
 body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate
 chamber.
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 4. A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or
 association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of
 Commerce.
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 5. A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as,
 the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the
 chamber of the eye.
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 6. pl. (Law.) A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts
 business; a room or rooms where a judge transacts such
 official business as may be done out of court.
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 7. A chamber pot. [Colloq.]
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 8. (Mil.)
 (a) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which
 holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from
 the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made
 smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in
 breech-loading guns.
 (b) A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to
 contain the powder.
 (c) A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on
 its breech, without any carriage, formerly used
 chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades.
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 Air chamber. See Air chamber, in the Vocabulary.
 
 Chamber of commerce, a board or association to protect the
 interests of commerce, chosen from among the merchants and
 traders of a city.
 
 Chamber council, a secret council. --Shak.
 
 Chamber counsel or Chamber counselor, a counselor who
 gives his opinion in private, or at his chambers, but does
 not advocate causes in court.
 
 Chamber fellow, a chamber companion; a roommate; a chum.
 
 Chamber hangings, tapestry or hangings for a chamber.
 
 Chamber lye, urine. --Shak.
 
 Chamber music, vocal or instrumental music adapted to
 performance in a chamber or small apartment or audience
 room, instead of a theater, concert hall, or church.
 
 Chamber practice (Law.), the practice of counselors at law,
 who give their opinions in private, but do not appear in
 court.
 
 To sit at chambers, to do business in chambers, as a judge.
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 |  | To sit at meat (gcide)
 | Sit \Sit\, v. i. [imp. Sat(Sate, archaic); p. p. Sat (Sitten, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Sitting.] [OE. sitten,
 AS. sittan; akin to OS. sittian, OFries. sitta, D. zitten, G.
 sitzen, OHG. sizzen, Icel. sitja, SW. sitta, Dan. sidde,
 Goth. sitan, Russ. sidiete, L. sedere, Gr. ???, Skr. sad.
 [root]154. Cf. Assess,Assize, Cathedral, Chair,
 Dissident, Excise, Insidious, Possess, Reside,
 Sanhedrim, Seance, Seat, n., Sedate, 4th Sell,
 Siege, Session, Set, v. t., Sizar, Size,
 Subsidy.]
 1. To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the
 trunk of the body; -- said of human beings, and sometimes
 of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on
 the ground.
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 And he came and took the book put of the right hand
 of him that sate upon the seat.       --Bible (1551)
 (Rev. v. 7.)
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 I pray you, jest, sir, as you sit at dinner. --Shak.
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 2. To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a
 branch, pole, etc.
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 3. To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest
 in any position or condition.
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 And Moses said to . . . the children of Reuben,
 Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit
 here?                                 --Num. xxxii.
 6.
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 Like a demigod here sit I in the sky. --Shak.
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 4. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as,
 a weight or burden sits lightly upon him.
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 The calamity sits heavy on us.        --Jer. Taylor.
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 5. To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sits well or ill.
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 This new and gorgeous garment, majesty,
 Sits not so easy on me as you think.  --Shak.
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 6. To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit;
 -- used impersonally. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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 7. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood;
 to incubate.
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 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them
 not.                                  --Jer. xvii.
 11.
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 8. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a
 relative position; to have direction.
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 Like a good miller that knows how to grind, which
 way soever the wind sits.             --Selden.
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 Sits the wind in that quarter?        --Sir W.
 Scott.
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 9. To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body;
 as, to sit in Congress.
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 10. To hold a session; to be in session for official
 business; -- said of legislative assemblies, courts,
 etc.; as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit
 to-night.
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 11. To take a position for the purpose of having some
 artistic representation of one's self made, as a picture
 or a bust; as, to sit to a painter.
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 To sit at, to rest under; to be subject to. [Obs.] "A
 farmer can not husband his ground so well if he sit at a
 great rent". --Bacon.
 
 To sit at meat or To sit at table, to be at table for
 eating.
 
 To sit down.
 (a) To place one's self on a chair or other seat; as, to
 sit down when tired.
 (b) To begin a siege; as, the enemy sat down before the
 town.
 (c) To settle; to fix a permanent abode. --Spenser.
 (d) To rest; to cease as satisfied. "Here we can not sit
 down, but still proceed in our search." --Rogers.
 
 To sit for a fellowship, to offer one's self for
 examination with a view to obtaining a fellowship. [Eng.
 Univ.]
 
 To sit out.
 (a) To be without engagement or employment. [Obs.] --Bp.
 Sanderson.
 (b) To outstay.
 (c) To elect not to participate in, as a dance or a hand
 of cards.
 
 To sit under, to be under the instruction or ministrations
 of; as, to sit under a preacher; to sit under good
 preaching.
 
 To sit up, to rise from, or refrain from, a recumbent
 posture or from sleep; to sit with the body upright; as,
 to sit up late at night; also, to watch; as, to sit up
 with a sick person. "He that was dead sat up, and began to
 speak." --Luke vii. 15.
 [1913 Webster]Meat \Meat\ (m[=e]t), n. [OE. mete, AS. mete; akin to OS. mat,
 meti, D. met hashed meat, G. mettwurst sausage, OHG. maz
 food, Icel. matr, Sw. mat, Dan. mad, Goth. mats. Cf. Mast
 fruit, Mush.]
 1. Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either
 by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as,
 the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an egg. --Chaucer.
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 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb
 bearing seed, . . . to you it shall be for meat.
 --Gen. i. 29.
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 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for
 you.                                  --Gen. ix. 3.
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 2. The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle;
 as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat.
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 3. Specifically: Dinner; the chief meal. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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 Meat biscuit. See under Biscuit.
 
 Meat earth (Mining), vegetable mold. --Raymond.
 
 Meat fly. (Zool.) See Flesh fly, under Flesh.
 
 Meat offering (Script.), an offering of food, esp. of a
 cake made of flour with salt and oil.
 
 To go to meat, to go to a meal. [Obs.]
 
 To sit at meat, to sit at the table in taking food.
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 |  | To sit at table (gcide)
 | Sit \Sit\, v. i. [imp. Sat(Sate, archaic); p. p. Sat (Sitten, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Sitting.] [OE. sitten,
 AS. sittan; akin to OS. sittian, OFries. sitta, D. zitten, G.
 sitzen, OHG. sizzen, Icel. sitja, SW. sitta, Dan. sidde,
 Goth. sitan, Russ. sidiete, L. sedere, Gr. ???, Skr. sad.
 [root]154. Cf. Assess,Assize, Cathedral, Chair,
 Dissident, Excise, Insidious, Possess, Reside,
 Sanhedrim, Seance, Seat, n., Sedate, 4th Sell,
 Siege, Session, Set, v. t., Sizar, Size,
 Subsidy.]
 1. To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the
 trunk of the body; -- said of human beings, and sometimes
 of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on
 the ground.
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 And he came and took the book put of the right hand
 of him that sate upon the seat.       --Bible (1551)
 (Rev. v. 7.)
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 I pray you, jest, sir, as you sit at dinner. --Shak.
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 2. To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a
 branch, pole, etc.
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 3. To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest
 in any position or condition.
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 And Moses said to . . . the children of Reuben,
 Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit
 here?                                 --Num. xxxii.
 6.
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 Like a demigod here sit I in the sky. --Shak.
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 4. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as,
 a weight or burden sits lightly upon him.
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 The calamity sits heavy on us.        --Jer. Taylor.
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 5. To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sits well or ill.
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 This new and gorgeous garment, majesty,
 Sits not so easy on me as you think.  --Shak.
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 6. To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit;
 -- used impersonally. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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 7. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood;
 to incubate.
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 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them
 not.                                  --Jer. xvii.
 11.
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 8. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a
 relative position; to have direction.
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 Like a good miller that knows how to grind, which
 way soever the wind sits.             --Selden.
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 Sits the wind in that quarter?        --Sir W.
 Scott.
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 9. To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body;
 as, to sit in Congress.
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 10. To hold a session; to be in session for official
 business; -- said of legislative assemblies, courts,
 etc.; as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit
 to-night.
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 11. To take a position for the purpose of having some
 artistic representation of one's self made, as a picture
 or a bust; as, to sit to a painter.
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 To sit at, to rest under; to be subject to. [Obs.] "A
 farmer can not husband his ground so well if he sit at a
 great rent". --Bacon.
 
 To sit at meat or To sit at table, to be at table for
 eating.
 
 To sit down.
 (a) To place one's self on a chair or other seat; as, to
 sit down when tired.
 (b) To begin a siege; as, the enemy sat down before the
 town.
 (c) To settle; to fix a permanent abode. --Spenser.
 (d) To rest; to cease as satisfied. "Here we can not sit
 down, but still proceed in our search." --Rogers.
 
 To sit for a fellowship, to offer one's self for
 examination with a view to obtaining a fellowship. [Eng.
 Univ.]
 
 To sit out.
 (a) To be without engagement or employment. [Obs.] --Bp.
 Sanderson.
 (b) To outstay.
 (c) To elect not to participate in, as a dance or a hand
 of cards.
 
 To sit under, to be under the instruction or ministrations
 of; as, to sit under a preacher; to sit under good
 preaching.
 
 To sit up, to rise from, or refrain from, a recumbent
 posture or from sleep; to sit with the body upright; as,
 to sit up late at night; also, to watch; as, to sit up
 with a sick person. "He that was dead sat up, and began to
 speak." --Luke vii. 15.
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 |  | To sit down (gcide)
 | Sit \Sit\, v. i. [imp. Sat(Sate, archaic); p. p. Sat (Sitten, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Sitting.] [OE. sitten,
 AS. sittan; akin to OS. sittian, OFries. sitta, D. zitten, G.
 sitzen, OHG. sizzen, Icel. sitja, SW. sitta, Dan. sidde,
 Goth. sitan, Russ. sidiete, L. sedere, Gr. ???, Skr. sad.
 [root]154. Cf. Assess,Assize, Cathedral, Chair,
 Dissident, Excise, Insidious, Possess, Reside,
 Sanhedrim, Seance, Seat, n., Sedate, 4th Sell,
 Siege, Session, Set, v. t., Sizar, Size,
 Subsidy.]
 1. To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the
 trunk of the body; -- said of human beings, and sometimes
 of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on
 the ground.
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 And he came and took the book put of the right hand
 of him that sate upon the seat.       --Bible (1551)
 (Rev. v. 7.)
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 I pray you, jest, sir, as you sit at dinner. --Shak.
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 2. To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a
 branch, pole, etc.
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 3. To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest
 in any position or condition.
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 And Moses said to . . . the children of Reuben,
 Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit
 here?                                 --Num. xxxii.
 6.
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 Like a demigod here sit I in the sky. --Shak.
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 4. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as,
 a weight or burden sits lightly upon him.
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 The calamity sits heavy on us.        --Jer. Taylor.
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 5. To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sits well or ill.
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 This new and gorgeous garment, majesty,
 Sits not so easy on me as you think.  --Shak.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 6. To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit;
 -- used impersonally. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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 7. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood;
 to incubate.
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 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them
 not.                                  --Jer. xvii.
 11.
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 8. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a
 relative position; to have direction.
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 Like a good miller that knows how to grind, which
 way soever the wind sits.             --Selden.
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 Sits the wind in that quarter?        --Sir W.
 Scott.
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 9. To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body;
 as, to sit in Congress.
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 10. To hold a session; to be in session for official
 business; -- said of legislative assemblies, courts,
 etc.; as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit
 to-night.
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 11. To take a position for the purpose of having some
 artistic representation of one's self made, as a picture
 or a bust; as, to sit to a painter.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 To sit at, to rest under; to be subject to. [Obs.] "A
 farmer can not husband his ground so well if he sit at a
 great rent". --Bacon.
 
 To sit at meat or To sit at table, to be at table for
 eating.
 
 To sit down.
 (a) To place one's self on a chair or other seat; as, to
 sit down when tired.
 (b) To begin a siege; as, the enemy sat down before the
 town.
 (c) To settle; to fix a permanent abode. --Spenser.
 (d) To rest; to cease as satisfied. "Here we can not sit
 down, but still proceed in our search." --Rogers.
 
 To sit for a fellowship, to offer one's self for
 examination with a view to obtaining a fellowship. [Eng.
 Univ.]
 
 To sit out.
 (a) To be without engagement or employment. [Obs.] --Bp.
 Sanderson.
 (b) To outstay.
 (c) To elect not to participate in, as a dance or a hand
 of cards.
 
 To sit under, to be under the instruction or ministrations
 of; as, to sit under a preacher; to sit under good
 preaching.
 
 To sit up, to rise from, or refrain from, a recumbent
 posture or from sleep; to sit with the body upright; as,
 to sit up late at night; also, to watch; as, to sit up
 with a sick person. "He that was dead sat up, and began to
 speak." --Luke vii. 15.
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 |  | To sit for a fellowship (gcide)
 | Sit \Sit\, v. i. [imp. Sat(Sate, archaic); p. p. Sat (Sitten, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Sitting.] [OE. sitten,
 AS. sittan; akin to OS. sittian, OFries. sitta, D. zitten, G.
 sitzen, OHG. sizzen, Icel. sitja, SW. sitta, Dan. sidde,
 Goth. sitan, Russ. sidiete, L. sedere, Gr. ???, Skr. sad.
 [root]154. Cf. Assess,Assize, Cathedral, Chair,
 Dissident, Excise, Insidious, Possess, Reside,
 Sanhedrim, Seance, Seat, n., Sedate, 4th Sell,
 Siege, Session, Set, v. t., Sizar, Size,
 Subsidy.]
 1. To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the
 trunk of the body; -- said of human beings, and sometimes
 of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on
 the ground.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 And he came and took the book put of the right hand
 of him that sate upon the seat.       --Bible (1551)
 (Rev. v. 7.)
 [1913 Webster]
 
 I pray you, jest, sir, as you sit at dinner. --Shak.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 2. To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a
 branch, pole, etc.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 3. To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest
 in any position or condition.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 And Moses said to . . . the children of Reuben,
 Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit
 here?                                 --Num. xxxii.
 6.
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 Like a demigod here sit I in the sky. --Shak.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 4. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as,
 a weight or burden sits lightly upon him.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 The calamity sits heavy on us.        --Jer. Taylor.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 5. To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sits well or ill.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 This new and gorgeous garment, majesty,
 Sits not so easy on me as you think.  --Shak.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 6. To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit;
 -- used impersonally. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 7. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood;
 to incubate.
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 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them
 not.                                  --Jer. xvii.
 11.
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 8. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a
 relative position; to have direction.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 Like a good miller that knows how to grind, which
 way soever the wind sits.             --Selden.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 Sits the wind in that quarter?        --Sir W.
 Scott.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 9. To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body;
 as, to sit in Congress.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 10. To hold a session; to be in session for official
 business; -- said of legislative assemblies, courts,
 etc.; as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit
 to-night.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 11. To take a position for the purpose of having some
 artistic representation of one's self made, as a picture
 or a bust; as, to sit to a painter.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 To sit at, to rest under; to be subject to. [Obs.] "A
 farmer can not husband his ground so well if he sit at a
 great rent". --Bacon.
 
 To sit at meat or To sit at table, to be at table for
 eating.
 
 To sit down.
 (a) To place one's self on a chair or other seat; as, to
 sit down when tired.
 (b) To begin a siege; as, the enemy sat down before the
 town.
 (c) To settle; to fix a permanent abode. --Spenser.
 (d) To rest; to cease as satisfied. "Here we can not sit
 down, but still proceed in our search." --Rogers.
 
 To sit for a fellowship, to offer one's self for
 examination with a view to obtaining a fellowship. [Eng.
 Univ.]
 
 To sit out.
 (a) To be without engagement or employment. [Obs.] --Bp.
 Sanderson.
 (b) To outstay.
 (c) To elect not to participate in, as a dance or a hand
 of cards.
 
 To sit under, to be under the instruction or ministrations
 of; as, to sit under a preacher; to sit under good
 preaching.
 
 To sit up, to rise from, or refrain from, a recumbent
 posture or from sleep; to sit with the body upright; as,
 to sit up late at night; also, to watch; as, to sit up
 with a sick person. "He that was dead sat up, and began to
 speak." --Luke vii. 15.
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 |  | To sit on brood (gcide)
 | Brood \Brood\ (br[=oo]d), n. [OE. brod, AS. br[=o]d; akin to D. broed, OHG. bruot, G. brut, and also to G. br["u]he broth,
 MHG. br["u]eje, and perh. to E. brawn, breath. Cf. Breed,
 v. t.]
 1. The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood
 of chickens.
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 As a hen doth gather her brood under her wings.
 --Luke xiii.
 34.
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 A hen followed by a brood of ducks.   --Spectator.
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 2. The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same
 time or not; young children of the same mother, especially
 if nearly of the same age; offspring; progeny; as, a woman
 with a brood of children.
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 The lion roars and gluts his tawny brood.
 --Wordsworth.
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 3. That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
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 Flocks of the airy brood,
 (Cranes, geese or long-necked swans). --Chapman.
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 4. (Mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
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 To sit on brood, to ponder. [Poetic] --Shak.
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 |  | To sit out (gcide)
 | Sit \Sit\, v. i. [imp. Sat(Sate, archaic); p. p. Sat (Sitten, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Sitting.] [OE. sitten,
 AS. sittan; akin to OS. sittian, OFries. sitta, D. zitten, G.
 sitzen, OHG. sizzen, Icel. sitja, SW. sitta, Dan. sidde,
 Goth. sitan, Russ. sidiete, L. sedere, Gr. ???, Skr. sad.
 [root]154. Cf. Assess,Assize, Cathedral, Chair,
 Dissident, Excise, Insidious, Possess, Reside,
 Sanhedrim, Seance, Seat, n., Sedate, 4th Sell,
 Siege, Session, Set, v. t., Sizar, Size,
 Subsidy.]
 1. To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the
 trunk of the body; -- said of human beings, and sometimes
 of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on
 the ground.
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 And he came and took the book put of the right hand
 of him that sate upon the seat.       --Bible (1551)
 (Rev. v. 7.)
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 I pray you, jest, sir, as you sit at dinner. --Shak.
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 2. To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a
 branch, pole, etc.
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 3. To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest
 in any position or condition.
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 And Moses said to . . . the children of Reuben,
 Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit
 here?                                 --Num. xxxii.
 6.
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 Like a demigod here sit I in the sky. --Shak.
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 4. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as,
 a weight or burden sits lightly upon him.
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 The calamity sits heavy on us.        --Jer. Taylor.
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 5. To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sits well or ill.
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 This new and gorgeous garment, majesty,
 Sits not so easy on me as you think.  --Shak.
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 6. To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit;
 -- used impersonally. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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 7. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood;
 to incubate.
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 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them
 not.                                  --Jer. xvii.
 11.
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 8. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a
 relative position; to have direction.
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 Like a good miller that knows how to grind, which
 way soever the wind sits.             --Selden.
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 Sits the wind in that quarter?        --Sir W.
 Scott.
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 9. To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body;
 as, to sit in Congress.
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 10. To hold a session; to be in session for official
 business; -- said of legislative assemblies, courts,
 etc.; as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit
 to-night.
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 11. To take a position for the purpose of having some
 artistic representation of one's self made, as a picture
 or a bust; as, to sit to a painter.
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 To sit at, to rest under; to be subject to. [Obs.] "A
 farmer can not husband his ground so well if he sit at a
 great rent". --Bacon.
 
 To sit at meat or To sit at table, to be at table for
 eating.
 
 To sit down.
 (a) To place one's self on a chair or other seat; as, to
 sit down when tired.
 (b) To begin a siege; as, the enemy sat down before the
 town.
 (c) To settle; to fix a permanent abode. --Spenser.
 (d) To rest; to cease as satisfied. "Here we can not sit
 down, but still proceed in our search." --Rogers.
 
 To sit for a fellowship, to offer one's self for
 examination with a view to obtaining a fellowship. [Eng.
 Univ.]
 
 To sit out.
 (a) To be without engagement or employment. [Obs.] --Bp.
 Sanderson.
 (b) To outstay.
 (c) To elect not to participate in, as a dance or a hand
 of cards.
 
 To sit under, to be under the instruction or ministrations
 of; as, to sit under a preacher; to sit under good
 preaching.
 
 To sit up, to rise from, or refrain from, a recumbent
 posture or from sleep; to sit with the body upright; as,
 to sit up late at night; also, to watch; as, to sit up
 with a sick person. "He that was dead sat up, and began to
 speak." --Luke vii. 15.
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 |  | To sit under (gcide)
 | Sit \Sit\, v. i. [imp. Sat(Sate, archaic); p. p. Sat (Sitten, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Sitting.] [OE. sitten,
 AS. sittan; akin to OS. sittian, OFries. sitta, D. zitten, G.
 sitzen, OHG. sizzen, Icel. sitja, SW. sitta, Dan. sidde,
 Goth. sitan, Russ. sidiete, L. sedere, Gr. ???, Skr. sad.
 [root]154. Cf. Assess,Assize, Cathedral, Chair,
 Dissident, Excise, Insidious, Possess, Reside,
 Sanhedrim, Seance, Seat, n., Sedate, 4th Sell,
 Siege, Session, Set, v. t., Sizar, Size,
 Subsidy.]
 1. To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the
 trunk of the body; -- said of human beings, and sometimes
 of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on
 the ground.
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 And he came and took the book put of the right hand
 of him that sate upon the seat.       --Bible (1551)
 (Rev. v. 7.)
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 I pray you, jest, sir, as you sit at dinner. --Shak.
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 2. To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a
 branch, pole, etc.
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 3. To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest
 in any position or condition.
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 And Moses said to . . . the children of Reuben,
 Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit
 here?                                 --Num. xxxii.
 6.
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 Like a demigod here sit I in the sky. --Shak.
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 4. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as,
 a weight or burden sits lightly upon him.
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 The calamity sits heavy on us.        --Jer. Taylor.
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 5. To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sits well or ill.
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 This new and gorgeous garment, majesty,
 Sits not so easy on me as you think.  --Shak.
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 6. To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit;
 -- used impersonally. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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 7. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood;
 to incubate.
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 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them
 not.                                  --Jer. xvii.
 11.
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 8. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a
 relative position; to have direction.
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 Like a good miller that knows how to grind, which
 way soever the wind sits.             --Selden.
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 Sits the wind in that quarter?        --Sir W.
 Scott.
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 9. To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body;
 as, to sit in Congress.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 10. To hold a session; to be in session for official
 business; -- said of legislative assemblies, courts,
 etc.; as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit
 to-night.
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 11. To take a position for the purpose of having some
 artistic representation of one's self made, as a picture
 or a bust; as, to sit to a painter.
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 To sit at, to rest under; to be subject to. [Obs.] "A
 farmer can not husband his ground so well if he sit at a
 great rent". --Bacon.
 
 To sit at meat or To sit at table, to be at table for
 eating.
 
 To sit down.
 (a) To place one's self on a chair or other seat; as, to
 sit down when tired.
 (b) To begin a siege; as, the enemy sat down before the
 town.
 (c) To settle; to fix a permanent abode. --Spenser.
 (d) To rest; to cease as satisfied. "Here we can not sit
 down, but still proceed in our search." --Rogers.
 
 To sit for a fellowship, to offer one's self for
 examination with a view to obtaining a fellowship. [Eng.
 Univ.]
 
 To sit out.
 (a) To be without engagement or employment. [Obs.] --Bp.
 Sanderson.
 (b) To outstay.
 (c) To elect not to participate in, as a dance or a hand
 of cards.
 
 To sit under, to be under the instruction or ministrations
 of; as, to sit under a preacher; to sit under good
 preaching.
 
 To sit up, to rise from, or refrain from, a recumbent
 posture or from sleep; to sit with the body upright; as,
 to sit up late at night; also, to watch; as, to sit up
 with a sick person. "He that was dead sat up, and began to
 speak." --Luke vii. 15.
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 |  | To sit up (gcide)
 | Sit \Sit\, v. i. [imp. Sat(Sate, archaic); p. p. Sat (Sitten, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Sitting.] [OE. sitten,
 AS. sittan; akin to OS. sittian, OFries. sitta, D. zitten, G.
 sitzen, OHG. sizzen, Icel. sitja, SW. sitta, Dan. sidde,
 Goth. sitan, Russ. sidiete, L. sedere, Gr. ???, Skr. sad.
 [root]154. Cf. Assess,Assize, Cathedral, Chair,
 Dissident, Excise, Insidious, Possess, Reside,
 Sanhedrim, Seance, Seat, n., Sedate, 4th Sell,
 Siege, Session, Set, v. t., Sizar, Size,
 Subsidy.]
 1. To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the
 trunk of the body; -- said of human beings, and sometimes
 of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on
 the ground.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 And he came and took the book put of the right hand
 of him that sate upon the seat.       --Bible (1551)
 (Rev. v. 7.)
 [1913 Webster]
 
 I pray you, jest, sir, as you sit at dinner. --Shak.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 2. To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a
 branch, pole, etc.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 3. To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest
 in any position or condition.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 And Moses said to . . . the children of Reuben,
 Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit
 here?                                 --Num. xxxii.
 6.
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 Like a demigod here sit I in the sky. --Shak.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 4. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as,
 a weight or burden sits lightly upon him.
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 The calamity sits heavy on us.        --Jer. Taylor.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 5. To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sits well or ill.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 This new and gorgeous garment, majesty,
 Sits not so easy on me as you think.  --Shak.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 6. To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit;
 -- used impersonally. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 7. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood;
 to incubate.
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 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them
 not.                                  --Jer. xvii.
 11.
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 8. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a
 relative position; to have direction.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 Like a good miller that knows how to grind, which
 way soever the wind sits.             --Selden.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 Sits the wind in that quarter?        --Sir W.
 Scott.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 9. To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body;
 as, to sit in Congress.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 10. To hold a session; to be in session for official
 business; -- said of legislative assemblies, courts,
 etc.; as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit
 to-night.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 11. To take a position for the purpose of having some
 artistic representation of one's self made, as a picture
 or a bust; as, to sit to a painter.
 [1913 Webster]
 
 To sit at, to rest under; to be subject to. [Obs.] "A
 farmer can not husband his ground so well if he sit at a
 great rent". --Bacon.
 
 To sit at meat or To sit at table, to be at table for
 eating.
 
 To sit down.
 (a) To place one's self on a chair or other seat; as, to
 sit down when tired.
 (b) To begin a siege; as, the enemy sat down before the
 town.
 (c) To settle; to fix a permanent abode. --Spenser.
 (d) To rest; to cease as satisfied. "Here we can not sit
 down, but still proceed in our search." --Rogers.
 
 To sit for a fellowship, to offer one's self for
 examination with a view to obtaining a fellowship. [Eng.
 Univ.]
 
 To sit out.
 (a) To be without engagement or employment. [Obs.] --Bp.
 Sanderson.
 (b) To outstay.
 (c) To elect not to participate in, as a dance or a hand
 of cards.
 
 To sit under, to be under the instruction or ministrations
 of; as, to sit under a preacher; to sit under good
 preaching.
 
 To sit up, to rise from, or refrain from, a recumbent
 posture or from sleep; to sit with the body upright; as,
 to sit up late at night; also, to watch; as, to sit up
 with a sick person. "He that was dead sat up, and began to
 speak." --Luke vii. 15.
 [1913 Webster]
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