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Reset   /risˈɛt/  /rˈisɛt/   Listen
verb
Reset, re-set  v. t.  (past & past part. reset; pres. part. resetting)  
1.
To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a diamond.
2.
To set (an instrument) back to an initial position after it has changed; of instruments and dials; as, he reset the timer to ten minutes started again.
Synonyms: reset, set to zero.



Reset  v. t.  (past & past part. reset; pres. part. resetting)  (Scots Law) To harbor or secrete; to hide, as stolen goods or a criminal. "We shall see if an English hound is to harbor and reset the Southrons here."



noun
Reset  n.  
1.
The act of resetting.
2.
(Print.) That which is reset; matter set up again.



Reset  n.  (Scots Law) The receiving of stolen goods, or harboring an outlaw.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Reset" Quotes from Famous Books



... end of the street. They proved farther away than he had anticipated, and after a long quest he came to the conclusion that his eyes had been mysteriously removed from their proper places and had been reset on either side of his head like those of a bird. It grieved him to think of the inconvenience this transformation might occasion him, and he attempted to cock up his head, hen-like, to test the mobility of his neck. Then an immense despair stole over him,—tears gathered in the tear-ducts, his ...
— The King In Yellow • Robert W. Chambers

... Likewise there are four kinds of props used for the cultivation of unwedded vines; first, the planted post, which is called ridicum and is best when fashioned out of oak or juniper; second, poles cut in the swamp, and the more seasoned they are the longer they will last, but it is the practice to reset them upside down when they rot out in the ground; third, for lack of some thing better, a bundle of reeds tied together and thrust into a pointed tube of baked clay, which is then planted in the ground and serves to preserve the ...
— Roman Farm Management - The Treatises Of Cato And Varro • Marcus Porcius Cato

... family jewels—chiefly diamonds. These diamonds, which, Mrs. Engledew tells me, had been valued by Spinks at about seven thousand pounds, were in very old, considerably worn settings. Mrs. Engledew wished to have them reset. Knowing that Jacob Herapath had great taste and knowledge in that direction, she saw him at his office on the noon of November 12th, showed him the diamonds, and asked his advice. Jacob Herapath—I ...
— The Herapath Property • J. S. Fletcher

... into slices about a quarter of an inch thick. Dissolve the butter in a frying pan, place in the beetroot and fry for twenty minutes, sprinkling each slice on both sides with the pepper and salt. When done, arrange the slices on a hot dish. Reset the frying pan on the fire, stir in the flour, thoroughly mixing it with the butter, and fry for a couple of minutes, stirring all the time, then pour in the water and vinegar, stir until quite smooth; pour over the beetroot and ...
— New Vegetarian Dishes • Mrs. Bowdich

... had not been disturbed, but a fox had been feeding upon the caribou head and entrails, where they had been left upon the ice, and one of the traps was taken up and reset here. The others he also put in order, and returned to the tilt with the rabbit and marten. The former, boiled with small bits of pork, made a splendid stew, and the skin was hung to dry, for, with others it could be fashioned into warm, light slippers to wear inside his moccasins ...
— Ungava Bob - A Winter's Tale • Dillon Wallace


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