Meaning of RESET
| Pronunciation: | | [n]'ree`set, [v]ree'set, ree'set
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- [n] device for resetting instruments or controls
- [v] adjust again after an initial failure
- [v] set to zero; "reset instruments and dials"
- [v] set anew; "They re-set the date"
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| | Synonyms: | | readjust |
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| | See Also: | | adjust, determine, device, fix, limit, regulate, reset button, set, set, specify | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Re*set"\ (r?-s?t"), v. t.
To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a
diamond.
\Re"set\ (r?"s?t), n.
1. The act of resetting.
2. (Print.) That which is reset; matter set up again.
\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.
\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.
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