4 entries under this word

Reset

Re-sēt', v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. RESET; p. pr. & vb. n. RESETTING.] [Prefix re and set.]

(Print.) To set over again, as a page of matter.
To furnish with a new setting, border, or adornment; as, to reset a diamond.

Rē-sĕt', n.

noun

n. 1. The act of resetting. 2. (Print.) That which is reset; matter set up again.

Re-sét’, v. t.

verbtransitive

v.t. [Cf. RECEIVE, RECEIPT.] (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 Southerns here. W. Scott.

Re-sĕt', n.

noun

n. (Scots Law.) The receiving of stolen goods, or harboring an outlaw. Jamieson.