noun posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
2. seat ·vt to fix; to set firm.
3. seat ·vi to rest; to lie down.
4. seat ·vt to put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair.
5. seat ·vt to place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, to seat one's self.
6. seat ·noun a part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat.
7. seat ·vt to settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country.
8. seat ·vt to assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church.
9. seat ·noun that part of a thing on which a person sits; as, the seat of a chair or saddle; the seat of a pair of pantaloons.
10. seat ·noun the place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.
11. seat ·noun a sitting; a right to sit; regular or appropriate place of sitting; as, a seat in a church; a seat for the season in the opera house.
12. seat ·noun the place occupied by anything, or where any person or thing is situated, resides, or abides; a site; an abode, a station; a post; a situation.
13. seat ·vt to cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.