Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sit"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Sit \Sit\,
obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of {Sit}, for sitteth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

And he came and took the book put of the right hand
of him that sate upon the seat. --Bible (1551)
(Rev. v. 7.)

I pray you, jest, sir, as you sit at dinner. --Shak.

2. To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a
branch, pole, etc.

3. To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest
in any position or condition.

And Moses said to . . . the children of Reuben,
Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit
here? --Num. xxxii.
6.

Like a demigod here sit I in the sky. --Shak.

4. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as,
a weight or burden sits lightly upon him.

The calamity sits heavy on us. --Jer. Taylor.

5. To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sts well or ill.

This new and gorgeous garment, majesty, Sits not so
easy on me as you think. --Shak.

6. To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit;
-- used impersonally. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

7. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood;
to incubate.

As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them
not. --Jer. xvii.
11.

8. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a
relative position; to have direction.

Like a good miller that knows how to grind, which
way soever the wind sits. --Selden.

Sits the wind in that quarter? --Sir W.
Scott.

9. To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body;
as, to sit in Congress.

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.

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Sit \Sit\, v. t.
1. To sit upon; to keep one's seat upon; as, he sits a horse
well.

Hardly the muse can sit the headstrong horse.
--Prior.

2. To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish
a seat to; -- used reflexively.

They sat them down to weep. --Milton.

Sit you down, father; rest you. --Shak.

3. To suit (well or ill); to become. [Obs. or R.]

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

sit
v 1: be seated [syn: {sit down}] [ant: {stand}, {lie}]
2: sit around, often unused; "The object sat in the corner"
3: take a seat [syn: {sit down}] [ant: {arise}]
4: be in session, as of courts of law, for example
5: as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed
for Leonardo so often" [syn: {model}, {pose}, {posture}]
6: sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while
controlling its motions; "She never sat a horse!" "Did you
ever ride a camel?"; "The girl liked to drive the young
mare" [syn: {ride}]
7: work or act as a baby-sitter; "I cannot baby-sit tonight; I
have too much homework to do" [syn: {baby-sit}]
8: show to a seat; assign a seat for: "The host seated me next
to Mrs. Smith" [syn: {seat}, {sit down}]


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