[siːt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a thing made or used for sitting on, such as a chair or stool

- a person's buttocks

- a place in an elected legislative or other body
(e.g: he lost his seat in the 1997 election)

- a principal site or location
(e.g: Parliament House was the seat of the Scots Parliament until the Union with England)

- a part of a machine that supports or guides another part
(e.g: if the valve seat is damaged, it can be recut using a special tool)


Phrases:
- take one's seat

Origin:
Middle English (as a noun): from Old Norse sæti, from the Germanic base of sit. The verb dates from the late 16th century

[siːt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- arrange for (someone) to sit somewhere
(e.g: Owen seated his guests in the draughty baronial hall)

- fit in position
(e.g: upper boulders were simply seated in the interstices below)


Phrases:
- take one's seat

Origin:
Middle English (as a noun): from Old Norse sæti, from the Germanic base of sit. The verb dates from the late 16th century