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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Reset \Re*set"\ (r?-s?t"), v. t.
To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a
diamond.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Reset \Re"set\ (r?"s?t), n.
1. The act of resetting.
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2. (Print.) That which is reset; matter set up again.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Reset \Re*set"\ (r?-s?t"), n. [OF. recete, recepte, a receiving.
Cf. Receipt.] (Scots Law)
The receiving of stolen goods, or harboring an outlaw.
--Jamieson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Reset \Re*set"\, v. t. (Scots Law)
To harbor or secrete; to hide, as stolen goods or a criminal.
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We shall see if an English hound is to harbor and reset
the Southrons here. --Sir. W.
Scott.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
reset
n 1: device for resetting instruments or controls
v 1: set anew; "They re-set the date on the clock"
2: set to zero; "reset instruments and dials"
3: adjust again after an initial failure [syn: readjust,
reset]