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. Place in or on a seat
   "the mother seated the toddler on the high chair"
    
3. Be able to seat
   "The theatre seats 2,000"
    
4. Place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
   "there was a ceremony to seat the president of the Academy";
   - induct, invest
    
5. (cabinetwork) put a seat on a chair
   "The craftsman carefully seated the antique chair with woven cane"
    
6. (architecture) provide with seats
   "seat a concert hall"
    
7. Place or attach firmly in or on a base
   "seat the camera on the tripod"

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

Antonym: standing

Encyclopedia: Seat