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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
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
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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