RESET

reset

(noun) device for resetting instruments or controls

readjust, reset

(verb) adjust again after an initial failure

reset

(verb) set to zero; “reset instruments and dials”

reset

(verb) set anew; “They re-set the date on the clock”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

Reset (plural Resets)

A button that resets a device, often a computer.

Anagrams

• Ester, Steer, ester, estre, re-est., reest, retes, seter, steer, stere, teers, teres, terse, trees

Etymology 1

Verb

reset (third-person singular simple present resets, present participle resetting, simple past and past participle reset)

To set back to the initial state.

To set to zero.

(transitive) To adjust; to set or position differently.

Etymology 2

Noun

reset (plural resets)

An act of resetting to the initial state

Setting to zero

Something that is reset

A device, such as a button or switch, for resetting something.

(typography) That which is reset; printed matter set up again.

Etymology 3

Noun

reset (plural resets)

(Scotland, law) The crime of knowingly and dishonestly receiving stolen goods, or harbouring an outlaw.

Verb

reset (third-person singular simple present resets, present participle resetting, simple past and past participle resetted)

(Scotland, law) To receive and hide (stolen goods, or a criminal, etc.)

Anagrams

• Ester, Steer, ester, estre, re-est., reest, retes, seter, steer, stere, teers, teres, terse, trees

Source: Wiktionary

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Re*set" (r-st"), v. t.

Definition: To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a diamond.

Re"set (r"st), n.

1. The act of resetting.

2. (Print.)

Definition: That which is reset; matter set up again.

Re*set" (r-st"), n. Etym: [OF. recete, recepte, a receiving. Cf. Receipt.] (Scots Law)

Definition: The receiving of stolen goods, or harboring an outlaw. Jamieson.

Re*set", v. t. (Scots Law)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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