[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sit \sit\, v. i. imp. satsate, archaic; p. p. sat
   sitten, obs.; p. pr.  vb. n. sitting. oe. sitten,
   as. sittan; akin to os. sittian, ofries. sitta, d. zitten, g.
   sitzen, ohg. sizzen, icel. sitja, sw. sitta, dan. sidde,
   goth. sitan, russ. sidiete, l. sedere, gr. ???, skr. sad.
   root154. cf. assess,assize, cathedral, chair,
   dissident, excise, insidious, possess, reside,
   sanhedrim, seance, seat, n., sedate, 4th sell,
   siege, session, set, v. t., sizar, size,
   subsidy.
   1. to rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the
      trunk of the body; -- said of human beings, and sometimes
      of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on
      the ground.
      1913 webster

            and he came and took the book put of the right hand
            of him that sate upon the seat.       --bible 1551
                                                  rev. v. 7.
      1913 webster

            i pray you, jest, sir, as you sit at dinner. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a
      branch, pole, etc.
      1913 webster

   3. to remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest
      in any position or condition.
      1913 webster

            and moses said to . . . the children of reuben,
            shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit
            here?                                 --num. xxxii.
                                                  6.
      1913 webster

            like a demigod here sit i in the sky. --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. to lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as,
      a weight or burden sits lightly upon him.
      1913 webster

            the calamity sits heavy on us.        --jer. taylor.
      1913 webster

   5. to be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sits well or ill.
      1913 webster

            this new and gorgeous garment, majesty,
            sits not so easy on me as you think.  --shak.
      1913 webster

   6. to suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit;
      -- used impersonally. obs. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   7. to cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood;
      to incubate.
      1913 webster

            as the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them
            not.                                  --jer. xvii.
                                                  11.
      1913 webster

   8. to have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a
      relative position; to have direction.
      1913 webster

            like a good miller that knows how to grind, which
            way soever the wind sits.             --selden.
      1913 webster

            sits the wind in that quarter?        --sir w.
                                                  scott.
      1913 webster

   9. to occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body;
      as, to sit in congress.
      1913 webster

   10. to hold a session; to be in session for official
       business; -- said of legislative assemblies, courts,
       etc.; as, the court sits in january; the aldermen sit
       to-night.
       1913 webster

   11. to take a position for the purpose of having some
       artistic representation of one's self made, as a picture
       or a bust; as, to sit to a painter.
       1913 webster

   to sit at, to rest under; to be subject to. obs. "a
      farmer can not husband his ground so well if he sit at a
      great rent". --bacon.

   to sit at meat or to sit at table, to be at table for
      eating.

   to sit down.
       a to place one's self on a chair or other seat; as, to
           sit down when tired.
       b to begin a siege; as, the enemy sat down before the
           town.
       c to settle; to fix a permanent abode. --spenser.
       d to rest; to cease as satisfied. "here we can not sit
           down, but still proceed in our search." --rogers.

   to sit for a fellowship, to offer one's self for
      examination with a view to obtaining a fellowship. eng.
      univ.

   to sit out.
       a to be without engagement or employment. obs. --bp.
           sanderson.
       b to outstay.
       c to elect not to participate in, as a dance or a hand
           of cards.

   to sit under, to be under the instruction or ministrations
      of; as, to sit under a preacher; to sit under good
      preaching.

   to sit up, to rise from, or refrain from, a recumbent
      posture or from sleep; to sit with the body upright; as,
      to sit up late at night; also, to watch; as, to sit up
      with a sick person. "he that was dead sat up, and began to
      speak." --luke vii. 15.
      1913 webster
see also:
sat sate sitten sitting assess assize 
cathedral chair dissident excise insidious 
possess reside sanhedrim seance seat 
sedate 4th sell siege session set 
sizar size subsidy to sit at to sit at meat 
to sit at table to sit down to sit for a fellowship to sit out to sit under 
to sit up 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sitting \sit"ting\, a.
   being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that
   which, sits.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sitting \sit"ting\, n.
   1. the state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who
      occupies a seat.
      1913 webster

   2. a seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person,
      in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings.
      1913 webster

   3. the act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter,
      photographer, etc.
      1913 webster

   4. the actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their
      seats, clothed with authority to transact business; a
      session; as, a sitting of the judges of the king's bench,
      or of a commission.
      1913 webster

            the sitting closed in great agitation. --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   5. the time during which one sits while doing something, as
      reading a book, playing a game, etc.
      1913 webster

            for the understanding of any one of st. paul's
            epistles i read it all through at one sitting.
                                                  --locke.
      1913 webster

   6. a brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls.
      1913 webster

            the male bird . . . amuses her the female with his
            songs during the whole time of her sitting.
                                                  --addison.
      1913 webster

   sitting room, an apartment where the members of a family
      usually sit, as distinguished from a drawing-room, parlor,
      chamber, or kitchen.
      1913 webster situate
see also:
sitting room 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

sit
     v 1: be seated syn: sit down ant: stand, lie
     2: sit around, often unused; "the object sat in the corner"
     3: take a seat syn: sit down ant: arise
     4: be in session; "when does the court of law sit?"
     5: assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "we don't know
        the woman who posed for leonardo so often" syn: model,
        pose, posture
     6: sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while
        controlling its motions; "she never sat a horse"; "did
        you ever ride a camel?"; "the girl liked to drive the
        young mare" syn: ride
     7: work or act as a baby-sitter; "i cannot baby-sit tonight; i
        have too much homework to do" syn: baby-sit
     8: show to a seat; assign a seat for; "the host seated me next
        to mrs. smith" syn: seat, sit down
     also: sitting, sat
see also:
sit down stand lie arise model pose 
posture ride baby-sit seat sitting 
sat 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

sitting
     adj 1: of persons having the torso erect and legs bent with the
            body supported on the buttocks; "the seated madonna";
            "the audience remained seated" syn: seated ant: standing
     2: not moving and therefore easy to attack; "a sitting target"
     n 1: photography the act of assuming a certain position as for
          a photograph or portrait; "he wanted his portrait
          painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting" syn: posing
     2: the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position; "he
        read the mystery at one sitting"
     3: a meeting of spiritualists; "the seance was held in the
        medium's parlor" syn: seance, session
     4: a session as of a legislature or court
see also:
seated standing posing seance session 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

sitting
     see sit
see also:
sit 

[7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

97 moby thesaurus words for "sitting":
   assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home, audience, ball,
   bargaining, bargaining session, bigness, brawl, brooding, caucus,
   colloquium, commission, committee, conclave, concourse, confab,
   confabulation, conference, confrontation, congregation, congress,
   consultation, conventicle, convention, convocation, council,
   council fire, council of war, covering, dance, date, diet,
   discussion, eisteddfod, exchange of views,
   eyeball-to-eyeball encounter, festivity, fete, forgathering, forum,
   gathering, gestation, get-together, gravidity, gravidness,
   greatness, heaviness, high-level talk, housewarming, huddle,
   in a huddle, in conclave, in conference, in consultation,
   in council, in session, incubation, interchange of views,
   interview, levee, mediumism, meet, meeting, necromancy,
   negotiations, news conference, palaver, panel, parley, party,
   plenum, pourparler, powwow, pregnancy, press conference, prom,
   quorum, rally, reception, rendezvous, seance, session, shindig,
   sit-in, soiree, spirit, spiritism, spiritualism, summit,
   summit conference, summitry, symposium, synod, the family way,
   turnout

[8] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

sitting
   the attitude generally assumed in palestine by those who were
   engaged in any kind of work. "the carpenter saws, planes, and
   hews with his hand-adze, sitting on the ground or upon the plank
   he is planning. the washerwoman sits by the tub; and, in a word,
   no one stands when it is possible to sit. shopkeepers always
   sit, and levi sitting at the receipt of custom matt. 9:9 is
   the exact way to state the case.", thomson, land and book.
   

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