I. rə̇ˈset noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English recet, resset, from Old French recet, from Latin receptus retreat, retirement, place of refuge, from receptus, past participle of recipere to take back, receive — more at receive
1. obsolete : an opportunity or right of refuge or shelter : succor , help ; also : a place of refuge or shelter : abode , resort
2. obsolete : one who shelters another
3. Scots law
a. : the receiving of goods obtained by theft, robbery, swindling, or embezzlement with intent to deprive the owner of them by one knowing the goods to have been so obtained
b. obsolete : the harboring of an outlaw
II. transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English recetten, resetten, from Old French recetter, from Latin receptare, freq. of recipere to receive
1. chiefly Scotland : to give shelter to : welcome
2. Scots law : to receive and secrete (stolen goods)
III. (ˈ)re+ transitive verb
Etymology: re- + set
: to set again or afresh
reset type
reset a diamond
reset a field with tomato plants
IV. ˈrē+ˌ-, ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ noun
1. : something that is reset: as
a. : matter set up in print again
b. : replant
2. : an act of resetting
3. : something used in resetting: as
a. : a device for releasing the brakes of a train after they have been applied by automatic train control
b. : a device for restoring a contact or pointer to its normal or prior position