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SIT, v.i. pret. sat; old pp. sitten [L. sedeo.] 1. To rest upon the buttocks, as animals; as, to sit on a sofa or on the ground.2. To perch; to rest on the feet; as fowls.3. To occupy a seat or place in an official capacity. The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. Matt. 23.4. To be in a state of rest or idleness. Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? Num. 32.5. To rest, lie or bear on, as a weight or burned; as, grief sits heavy on his heart.6. To settle; to rest; to abide. Pale horror sat on each Arcadian face.7. To incubate; to cover and warm eggs for hatching; as a fowl. As the partridge sitteth on eggs and hatcheth them not- Jer. 17.8. To be adjusted; to be, with respect to fitness or unfitness; as, a coat sits well or ill. This new and gorgeous garment, majesty, sits not so easy on me as you think.9. To be placed in order to be painted; as, to sit for one's picture.10. To be in any situation or condition. Suppose all the church lands to be thrown up to the laity; would the tenants sit easier in their rents than now?11. To hold a session; to be officially engaged in public business; as judges, legislators or officers of any kind. The house of commons sometimes sits till late at night. The judges or the courts sit in Westminster hall. The commissioners sit every day.12. To exercise authority; as, to sit in judgment. One council sits upon life and death.13. To be in any assembly or council as a member; to have a seat.14. To be in a local position. The wind sits fair. [Unusual]
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SIT, v.i. pret. sat; old pp. sitten [L. sedeo.] 1. To rest upon the buttocks, as animals; as, to sit on a sofa or on the ground.2. To perch; to rest on the feet; as fowls.3. To occupy a seat or place in an official capacity. The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. Matt. 23.4. To be in a state of rest or idleness. Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? Num. 32.5. To rest, lie or bear on, as a weight or burned; as, grief sits heavy on his heart.6. To settle; to rest; to abide. Pale horror sat on each Arcadian face.7. To incubate; to cover and warm eggs for hatching; as a fowl. As the partridge sitteth on eggs and hatcheth them not- Jer. 17.8. To be adjusted; to be, with respect to fitness or unfitness; as, a coat sits well or ill. This new and gorgeous garment, majesty, sits not so easy on me as you think.9. To be placed in order to be painted; as, to sit for one's picture.10. To be in any situation or condition. Suppose all the church lands to be thrown up to the laity; would the tenants sit easier in their rents than now?11. To hold a session; to be officially engaged in public business; as judges, legislators or officers of any kind. The house of commons sometimes sits till late at night. The judges or the courts sit in Westminster hall. The commissioners sit every day.12. To exercise authority; as, to sit in judgment. One council sits upon life and death.13. To be in any assembly or council as a member; to have a seat.14. To be in a local position. The wind sits fair. [Unusual] | SIT, v.i. [pret. sat; old pp. sitten. Goth. sitan; Sax. sitan, or sittan; D. zitten; G. sitzen; Sw. sitta; Dan. sidder; L. sedeo; It. sedere; Fr. seoir, whence asseoir, to set or place, to lay, to assess, from the participle of which we have assise, assize, a sitting, a session, whence size, by contraction; W. seza, to sit habitually; sezu, to seat; gorsez, a supreme seat; gorsezu, to preside; Arm. aseza, diaseza, sizhea, to sit; Ir. suidhim, eisidhim, and seisim; Corn. seadha, to sit. It coincides with the Ch. and Heb. יסד and Heb. שית, to set, place or found, and perhaps with the Ar. سَدَّ sadda, to stop, close or make firm. See Class Sd, No. 31, 56. See Set. The Sp. sitiar, to besiege, is the same word differently applied.]- To rest upon the buttocks, as animals; as, to sit on a sofa or on the ground.
- To perch; to rest on the feet; as fowls.
- To occupy a seat or place in an official capacity.
The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses's seat. Matth. xxiii.
- To be in a state of rest or idleness.
Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? Num. xxxii.
- To rest, lie or bear on, as a weight or burden; as, grief sits heavy on his heart.
- To settle; to rest; to abide.
Pale horror sat on each Arcadian face. Dryden.
- To incubate; to cover and warm eggs for hatching; as a fowl.
As the partridge sitteth on eggs and hatcheth them not. Jer. xvii.
- To be adjusted; to be, with respect to fitness or unfitness; as, a coat sits well or ill.
This new and gorgeous garment, majesty, / Sits not so easy on me as you think. – Shak.
- To be placed in order to be painted; as, to sit for one's picture.
- To be in any situation or condition.
Suppose all the church lands to be thrown up to the laity; would the tenants sit easier in their rents than now? Swift.
- To hold a session; to be officially engaged in public business; as, judges, legislators or officers of any kind. The house of commons sometimes sits till late at night. The judges or the courts sit in Westminster hall. The commissioners sit every day.
- To exercise authority; as, to sit in judgment. One council sits upon life and death.
- To be in any assembly or council as a member; to have a seat. 1 Macc.
- To be in a local position. The wind sits fair. [Unusual.]
To sit at meat, to be at table for eating.
To sit down, to place one's self on a chair or other seat; as, to sit down at a meal.
#2. To begin a siege. The enemy sat down before the town.
#3. To settle; to fix a permanent abode. Spenser.
#4. To rest; to cease as satisfied.
Here we can not sit dawn, but still proceed in our search. Rogers.
To sit out, to be without engagement or employment. [Little used.] Saunderson.
To sit up, to rise or be raised from a recumbent posture.
He that was dead sat up, and began to speak. Luke vii.
#2. Not to go to bed; as, to sit up late at night; also, to watch; as, to sit up with a sick person.
SIT, v.t.- To keep the seat upon. He sits a horse well. [This phrase is elliptical.]
- To sit me down, to sit him down, to sit them down, equivalent to I seated myself, &c. are familiar phrases used by good writers, though deviations from strict propriety.
They sat them down to weep. Milton.
- “The court was sat,” an expression of Addison, is a gross impropriety.
| Sit
- obs. 3d pers. sing. pres.
of Sit, for sitteth.
- 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.
- To sit upon; to keep one's seat upon; as, he sits a horse
well.
- To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up,
as birds do on a branch, pole, etc.
- To cause to be seated or in a sitting
posture; to furnish a seat to; -- used reflexively.
- To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to
abide; to rest in any position or condition.
- To suit (well or ill); to become.
- To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -
- with on; as, a weight or burden sits lightly upon
him.
- To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat
sts well or ill.
- To suit one well or ill, as an act; to
become; to befit; -- used impersonally.
- To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a
fowl; to brood; to incubate.
- To have position, as at the point blown
from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
- To occupy a place or seat as a member of an
official body; as, to sit in Congress.
- 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.
- 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.
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Sit SIT, verb intransitive preterit tense sat; old participle passive sitten [Latin sedeo.] 1. To rest upon the buttocks, as animals; as, to sit on a sofa or on the ground. 2. To perch; to rest on the feet; as fowls. 3. To occupy a seat or place in an official capacity. The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. Matthew 23:2. 4. To be in a state of rest or idleness. Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? Numbers 32:6. 5. To rest, lie or bear on, as a weight or burned; as, grief sits heavy on his heart. 6. To settle; to rest; to abide. Pale horror sat on each Arcadian face. 7. To incubate; to cover and warm eggs for hatching; as a fowl. As the partridge sitteth on eggs and hatcheth them not- Jeremiah 17:1. 8. To be adjusted; to be, with respect to fitness or unfitness; as, a coat sits well or ill. This new and gorgeous garment, majesty, sits not so easy on me as you think. 9. To be placed in order to be painted; as, to sit for one's picture. 10. To be in any situation or condition. Suppose all the church lands to be thrown up to the laity; would the tenants sit easier in their rents than now? 11. To hold a session; to be officially engaged in public business; as judges, legislators or officers of any kind. The house of commons sometimes sits till late at night. The judges or the courts sit in Westminster hall. The commissioners sit every day. 12. To exercise authority; as, to sit in judgment. One council sits upon life and death. 13. To be in any assembly or council as a member; to have a seat. 14. To be in a local position. The wind sits fair. [Unusual] To sit at meat, to be at table for eating. To sit down, 1. to place one's self on a chair or other seat; as, to sit down at a meal. 2. To begin a siege. The enemy sat down before the town. 3. To settle; to fix a permanent abode. 4. To rest; to cease as satisfied. Here we cannot sit down, but still proceed in our search. To sit out, to be without engagement or employment. [Little used.] To sit up, 1. To rise or be raised from a recumbent posture. He that was dead sat up, and began to speak. Luke 7:1. 2. Not to go to bed; as, to sit up late at night; also, to watch; as, to sit up with a sick person. SIT, verb transitive 1. To keep the seat upon. He sits a horse well. [This phrase is elliptical.] 2. To sit me down, To sit him down, to sit them down, equivalent to I seated myself, _ c. are familiar phrases used by good writers, though deviation from strict propriety. They sat them down to weep. 3. 'The court was sat, ' an expression of Addison, is a gross impropriety.
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