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1. (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks
   "the audience remained seated"; "the seated Madonna";
   - sitting

1. Show to a seat; assign a seat for
   "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith";
   - sit, sit down
    
2. Be able to seat
   "The theatre seats 2,000"
    
3. Place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
   "there was a ceremony to seat the president of the Academy";
   - induct, invest
    
4. (cabinetwork) put a seat on a chair
    
5. (architecture) provide with seats
   "seat a concert hall"
    
6. Place or attach firmly in or on a base
   "seat the camera on the tripod"
    
7. Place in or on a seat
   "the mother seated the toddler on the high chair"

Type of: accommodate, admit, furnish, hold, instal, install, lay, offer, place, pose, position, provide, put, render, set, supply

Antonym: standing

Encyclopedia: Seat