Definitions for: Reset

[n] device for resetting instruments or controls
[v] adjust again after an initial failure
[v] set to zero; "reset instruments and dials"
[v] set anew; "They re-set the date"

Webster (1913) Definition: Re*set" (r?-s?t"), v. t.
To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a
diamond.

Re"set (r?"s?t), n.
1. The act of resetting.

2. (Print.) That which is reset; matter set up again.

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.

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

Synonyms: readjust

See Also: adjust, determine, device, fix, limit, regulate, reset button, set, set, specify

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