Verb

(of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs (especially the upper legs) are supported by some object.

After a long day of walking, it was good just to sit and relax.

(of a person) To move oneself into such a position.

I asked him to sit .

(of an object) To occupy a given position permanently.

The temple has sat atop that hill for centuries.

To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.

* Bible, Numbers xxxii. 6

And Moses said to the children of Reuben, Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit here?

* Shakespeare

Like a demigod here sit I in the sky.

(government) To be a member of a deliberative body.

I currently sit on a standards committee.

(legal, government) Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.

In what city is the circuit court sitting for this session.

To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.

* Jeremy Taylor

The calamity sits heavy on us.

To be adjusted; to fit.

Your new coat sits well.

* Shakespeare

This new and gorgeous garment, majesty, / Sits not so easy on me as you think.

(of an agreement or arrangement) To be accepted or acceptable; to work.

How will this new contract sit with the workers?

I don’t think it will sit well.

The violence in these video games sits awkwardly with their stated aim of educating children.

To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.

Sit him in front of the TV and he might watch for hours.

* 1874 , , (w), XX

To accommodate in seats; to seat.

The dining room table sits eight comfortably.

I sat me weary on a pillar's base, / And leaned against the shaft

shortened form of babysit.

I'm going to sit for them on Thursday.

(US) To babysit

I need to find someone to sit my kids on Friday evening for four hours.

(transitive, Australia, New Zealand, UK) To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).

To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.

* Bible, Jer. xvii. 11

The partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not.

To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.

I'm sitting for a painter this evening.

To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.

* Selden

like a good miller that knows how to grind, which way soever the wind sits

* Sir Walter Scott

Sits the wind in that quarter?

Verb

(locat)

To place; to set in a particular spot or position.

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The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter.

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To find out where something is located.

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The Bat—they called him the Bat.. Most lone wolves had a moll at any rate—women were their ruin—but if the Bat had a moll, not even the grapevine telegraph could locate her.

To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of; as, to locate' a public building; to '''locate''' a mining claim; to '''locate (the land granted by) a land warrant (''Note : the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.)

* (Herbert Spencer)

That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located .

(colloquial) To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle.(intransitive)