obs. 3d pers. ·sg ·pres. of sit, for sitteth.
2. sit ·vt to suit (well / ill); to become.
3. sit ·vt to sit upon; to keep one's seat upon; as, he sits a horse well.
4. sit ·vt to be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sts well or ill.
5. sit ·vt to occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body; as, to sit in congress.
6. sit ·vt to cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to;
used reflexively.
7. sit ·vt to have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
8. sit ·vt to lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh;
with on; as, a weight or burden sits lightly upon him.
9. sit ·vt to perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a branch, pole, ·etc.
10. sit ·vt to cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
11. sit ·vt to suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit;
used impersonally.
12. sit ·vt to remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
13. sit ·vt 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.
14. sit ·vt 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.
15. sit ·vt 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.