Reseat

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To fit a new seat or saddle onto a chair, bicycle or similar object ; to put someone or something back into a seated position ; to have room for a stated number of people to sit
2. Fitting a replacement seat to a piece of furniture or vehicle ; returning a person or object to its proper place in a seat ; accommodating a particular number of occupants
3. Installing fresh seating on an item ; setting someone back in their chair or seat again ; offering enough places for a given number of people to be seated

Etymology: "Reseat" is about as transparent as English compounds get: the prefix "re-", meaning "again" or "back", attached to "seat". To reseat something is to put it back in a seat or fit it with a new one, as when a mechanic reseats a valve or a plumber reseats a tap. The prefix has a longer pedigree than the word it sits on. It descends from a Proto-Italic root and reached English through Latin "re-", which lent it to Old French as "re-", and from there it passed into Middle English. "Seat" is an older English word in its own right, so "reseat" is an English formation built from two inherited parts rather than a borrowing.

Synonyms: reposition, reinstate

Antonyms: unseat, dislodge