Definition of: seat

(sēt) noun
1. That on which one sits; a chair, bench, or stool.
2. That part of a thing upon which one rests in sitting, or upon which an object or another part rests.
3. That part of the person which sustains the weight of the body in sitting, or the corresponding portion of a garment.
4. The place where anything is situated, settled, or established: the seat of pain, the seat of a government; a site.
5. A place of abode; an estate or mansion, especially a country estate.
6. The privilege or right of membership in a legislative body, stock exchange, or the like.
7. The manner of sitting, as on horseback.
8. A surface or part upon which the base of anything rests.
9. A position in a legislature or an office.
—v.t.
1. To place on a seat or seats; cause to sit down.
2. To have seats for; furnish with seats: The theater seats only 299 people.
3. To put a seat on or in; renew or repair the seat of.
4. To locate, settle, or center: usually in the passive: The French government is seated in Paris.
5. To fix or set firmly or in place. [<ON sǣti. Akin to SIT.]