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(of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.

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

(of an object) To occupy a given position.

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

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

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

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

To be adjusted; to fit.

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

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

To accommodate in seats; to seat.

To babysit.

(UK) To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).

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

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

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

To keep one's seat when faced with (a blow, attack); to endure, to put up with.

An act of sitting.

(mining) Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine.

(Buddhism) An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.

(informal) (situation).

(stenoscript) (situation,situational,situationally,etc.).