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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sit \Sit\, obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of {Sit}, for sitteth.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sit \Sit\, verb (used without an object) [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}, noun, {Sedate}, {4th Sell}, {Siege}, {Session}, {Set}, verb (used with an object), {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.
{To sit at}, to rest under; to be subject to. [Obs.] ''A farmer can not husband his ground so well if he sit at a great rent''. --Bacon.
{To sit at meat} or {To sit at table}, to be at table for eating.
{To sit down}. (a) To place one's self on a chair or other seat; as, to sit down when tired. (b) To begin a siege; as, the enemy sat down before the town. (c) To settle; to fix a permanent abode. --Spenser. (d) To rest; to cease as satisfied. ''Here we can not sit down, but still proceed in our search.'' --Rogers.
{To sit for a fellowship}, to offer one's self for examination with a view to obtaining a fellowship. [Eng. Univ.]
{To sit out}. (a) To be without engagement or employment. [Obs.] --Bp. Sanderson. (b) To outstay.
{To sit under}, to be under the instruction or ministrations of; as, to sit under a preacher; to sit under good preaching.
{To sit up}, to rise from, or refrain from, a recumbent posture or from sleep; to sit with the body upright; as, to sit up late at night; also, to watch; as, to sit up with a sick person. ''He that was dead sat up, and began to speak.'' --Luke vii. 15.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sit \Sit\, verb (used with an object)
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) 2.0 [wn]:
sit
verb
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; "When does the court of law sit?"
5: assume a posture 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}] [also: {sitting}, {sat}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "sit": be gravid, be knocked up, be pregnant, be seated, be with child, breed, brood, bum around, call together, carry, carry young, clock, convene, convoke, cover, do nothing, ensconce, gestate, goof off, hang around, hatch, hold a meeting, hold a session, idle, incubate, install, laze, lazy, lie around, loaf, loiter about, loll around, lollop around, lounge, lounge around, meet, mooch around, moon, moon around, open, perch, posture, remain seated, rest, roost, seat, set, settle, sit around, sit down, slouch, slouch around, squat, stand around, summon
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
sit {Stuffit}
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
SIT institut fuer SIchere Telekommunikation (GMD, org.)
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