Reset - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Reset :  (noun)

1: device for resetting instruments or controls (verb)
1: set anew; "They re-set the date on the clock"
2: set to zero; "reset instruments and dials"
3: adjust again after an initial failure [syn: readjust]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Reset : \Re*set"\ (r?-s?t"), v. t. To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a diamond.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Reset : \Re"set\ (r?"s?t), n. 1. The act of resetting.

2. (Print.) That which is reset; matter set up again.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Reset : \Re*set"\ (r?-s?t"), n. [OF. recete, recepte, a receiving. Cf. Receipt.] (Scots Law) The receiving of stolen goods, or harboring an outlaw. --Jamieson.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Reset : \Re*set"\, v. t. (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. --Sir. W. Scott.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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