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Sat - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Sat : (noun)
1: the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the
Sabbath by Jews and some Christians [syn: Saturday, Sabbatum,
Sat]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Sat : \Sat\,
imp. of Sit. [Written also sate.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Sat({Sate">Sit \Sit\, v. i. [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.
Assess,{Assize">[root]154. Cf. Assess,{Assize, Cathedral, Chair,
Dissident, Excise, Insidious, Possess, Reside,
Sanhedrim, Seance, Seat, n., Sedate, 4th Sell,
Siege, Session, Set, v. t., 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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Sat : Standard AUTODIN Terminal (AUTODIN, mil.)
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Sat : SIM Application Toolkit (SIM, GSM)
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Sat : Summed Area Table (3D, MIP)
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Example Usage of Sat |
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Twiggy10: Sat at home with Chloe and Nick who are off bowling soon |
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badcop25601: Forget everything I ever said about snow being "wonderful". No power since Sat. at 1 a.m. I am ready for this heat wave!! Down with the s |
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mglenbarker: Washington DC station. No matter how many open seats there are, I will be Sat next to. #amtrak #christmas |
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