▪ I. reset, n.1
(rɪˈsɛt)
Forms: 3–5 recet, 4–5 recett(e, rescet, 4–6 resset(te, 4–7 resett (5 reyset), 4– reset.
[a. OF. recet:—L. recept-um: see recept n.1 and cf. receipt n.]
† 1. The opportunity, advantage, privilege, etc., of being received or sheltered in a place; refuge, shelter, harbour, succour. Chiefly in phrases to have (get, take) reset. Obs. (latterly Sc.)
| 1297 R. Glouc. Chron. (Rolls) 8385 Sire Reinaud..þen toun wuste bihinde, Þat hor men ȝif hii nede adde recet miȝte vinde. a 1300 Cursor M. 5299 To mi lauerd yee com wit me..; I sal askin yow sum recett. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 920 He was on þat wolde þem saue, & at his castles recet [v.r. rescet] to haue. 13.. E.E. Allit. P. A. 1066 Þer entrez non to take reset. c 1380 Sir Ferumb. 1021 In his pauillouns to haue recet þiderward gan he drawe. 1450 Rolls of Parlt. V. 213/2 In the same Shires were such recette or comfort shall be hadde. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. I. 297 Sailland to seik quhair tha mycht get resset, In other land sum duelling place to get. 1685 Scot. Proclam. in Lond. Gaz. No. 2032/3 To the end the said..Rebels may have no Reset, Harbour, Comfort or Refuge from any of the Subjects of this Our Realm. |
† b. A place of reception, refuge, shelter, or accommodation; an abode, haunt, usual residence or retreat. Obs. (latterly Sc.)
| 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 2175 Scotlond aþ euere ybe a luþer recet [v.r. rescette] ylome. 13.. Coer de L. 3156 At even, whenne the sunne was sette, Every man drewe to his recet. c 1350 Will. Palerne 2801 To recuuer sum resset þere we vs rest miȝt. c 1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 74 Alle Bestes drawyn to her resset, and neddrys to her holys. 1424 Sc. Acts Jas. I (1814) II. 6/2 Þ{supt} in all burowis townys..quhar comon passages ar þat þar be ordanyt hostilaris and resettis, haifande stabillis and chalmeris. c 1470 Gol. & Gaw. 38 Resset couth thai find none That suld thair bute bene. 1513 Douglas æneis xiii. vi. 190, I, Troian, for me vp in this feild, Ane new resset and wycht wallys sall beild. 1582 Reg. Privy Council Scot. III. 557 That the samin [houses] be not a resset to thevis and fugitives thairefter. |
† c. (Chiefly Sc.) One who receives or shelters another; esp. a resetter (of a thief or criminal).
| c 1440 Bone Flor. 1746 A burges that was the thefys reyset, At the townes end he them mett. c 1470 Henry Wallace ii. 17 This gentill man was full oft his resett. 1552 Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 130 Gif he beis fugitive and passis to his nychbour.., the resett of him sall pay the xx lib. 1570 Satir. Poems Reform. xi. 97 Lat all that fische be trapt in net, Was counsall, art, part, or reset,..Or ȝit with helping hand him met. 1641 Sc. Acts Chas. I (1814) V. 501/1 That circuit courts of justiciaire also be establisched..yeirlie for tryell and punisching of all theiffis, sorneris, robberis, and ressetts þairof. |
2. Sc. (Law). a. Reception or shelter given to another, spec. to a thief, criminal, or proscribed person; the act or practice of receiving or harbouring such persons. Now arch.
| 1456 Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 246 Ony man that gevis outhir resset or favoure to Goddis inymyes. c 1470 Henry Wallace iv. 715 Than thai..Accusyt hir sar of resset in that cas. ? 1572 Satir. Poems Reform. xxxvi. 48 Our antecessoris..oft tymes baid þe hasard of þe weir, For þe resset and succouring of straingeris. 1603 Reg. Privy Council Scot. VI. 526 The ressett of the personis quha laitlie maist shamefullie and barbarouslie slew the Laird of Mellestanes. 1679 Royal Proclam. in Spirit of Popery (1680) 64 We have..prohibited the reset of these Murtherers. 1717 Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 298 In several of the noted processes before the Justiciary, as in the case of torture, that of reset and converse. 1818 Scott Rob Roy xxvi, There is nae laws now about reset of intercommuned persons, as there was in the ill times o' the last Stuarts. |
b. The act or practice of receiving stolen goods.
| a 1768 Erskine Inst. Law Scot. iv. iv. §63 (1773) 723 The crime of reset of theft consists either in harbouring the person of the thief after the goods are stolen, or in receiving or disposing of the goods. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 858 Reset of Theft; is the offence of receiving and keeping goods, knowing them to be stolen, and with an intention to conceal and withhold them from the owner. 1863 Glasgow Her. 15 Apr., Theft and Reset. |
† 3. A receptacle. Also transf. Obs. rare.
| c 1380 Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 390 Freris ben ressett, and a swolowhe of symonye, of usure, of extorsiouns. 1388 ― Ecclus. xxxix. 22 As resettis [L. exceptoria] of watris in the word of his mouth. |
† 4. Sc. The act of receiving; receipt of something. Obs. rare.
| 1533 Bellenden Livy iv. xiv. (S.T.S.) II. 95 Quhiddir the tovne of fidena Or þe toun of veos war mare ganand for resett of þare battell. c 1590 Hist. Jas. VI (1804) 229 The ambassador, eftir the ressett of this answere, returnit to the Regent, quhair they consultit togidder for a..remeid. |
† 5. Med. A receipt or recipe. Obs. rare—1.
| 1564–78 W. Bullein Dial. agst. Pest. (1888) 21 If this purging were not, we would clense and expulse with our resettes that whiche should serue our tourne well enough. |
† 6. Hunting. = receipt n. 14. Obs. rare—1.
| 1616 Surfl. & Markh. Countrey Farme vii. xxv. 686 A quarter of a myle before them..you shall place your Reset, which would be a brace of greyhounds somewhat stronger than the former. |
▪ II. reset, n.2
(riːˈsɛt)
[f. reset v.2]
a. ‘Among printers, matter reset’ (Webster, 1847). b. ‘The act of resetting’ (Ogilvie, 1882).
▪ III. reset, v.1
(rɪˈsɛt)
Forms: 3–6 recette (5 recepte), 4–6 resette; 4 rescet, 4–6 resset (6 -ett), 5– reset (7 -ett). Also as pa. pple. (and pa. tense).
[ad. OF. receter, recetter:—L. receptāre, f. recept-, ppl. stem of recipĕre to receive: cf. receipt v.1]
1. trans. To receive, harbour, or shelter (a person, esp. an offender against the law). Now arch.
| 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 4635 Þe kunde men of þis lond recetted were þere. 1375 Barbour Bruce ix. 282 Schir Iohne Mowbray is vith him gane, And war resettit with the king. 1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. iv. 501 Ac he þat receyueþ oþer recetteþ hure ys recettor of gyle. 1436 Rolls of Parlt. IV. 511/1 They herber and reset alle maner of myslyvers. 1456 Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 246 He dois again the precept of the kirk..to favour na resset inymyes of the faith. 1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII, c. 20 Preamble, John Tayler felonsly and traytoursly resetted one Archbold Armestrong wich was proclaymed a Rebell. 1577–87 Holinshed Chron. III. 842/2 The manslaiers, spoilers, robbers, & violaters of the same truces and safe conducts..haue beene recetted..by diuerse of the kings liege people upon the coasts. 1640–1 Kirkcudbr. War-Comm. Min. Bk. (1855) 87 William Gordone in Nether-corsock reset the said runaway. 1681 Scot. Act in Lond. Gaz. No. 1648/4 If any Man shall Resett..any Servant, Tennant or Cottar who is so put away, he shall be lyable to pay three years Fee to the Master who did put him away. 1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 158 Resetting Traitors, or those who lay at the Horn for treasonable Practices. 1816 Scott Old Mort. viii, You knew, that, as a loyal subject, you were prohibited to reset, supply, or intercommune with this attainted traitor. |
b. As pa. pple. (Chiefly Sc.)
| c 1470 Harding Chron. cxciv. iii, He..rode on alwaye Vnto Paris, wher he was faire recepte [rime mette]. 1513 Douglas æneis vii. x. 81 That sic forloppin Troianis..Suld thankfully be resset in that ring. 1570 Satir. Poems Reform. xxvi. 127 He was reset by his command. |
2. To receive (stolen goods) from a thief with intent to cover or profit by the theft. Also absol.
| 1609 Skene Reg. Maj., Stat. Alex. II, xxi. (1774) 336 Quha resets theift stollen fra anie man; he sall be estemed as ane common theif. 1625 in Ferguson & Nanson Rec. Carlisle (1887) 280 She did recett Michaell Blaklocke sheats that were stollen. 1817 Lintoun Green iv. 51 Twa tinkler-gangs, here ither met,..To sorn, reeve, steel, lift, and reset. 1863 Glasgow Her. 15 Apr., A woman, named Mary Arnot, was convicted of having resetted the stolen property. |
▪ IV. reset, v.2
(riːˈsɛt)
Also re-set.
[re- 5 a.]
trans. To set again, in various senses of the verb.
I. 1. a. To replace (esp. gems) in a (former or new) setting.
| 1655 Fuller Ch. Hist. v. iv. §7 Elizabeth,..finding so fair a flower..fallen out of her Crown, was careful quickly to gather it up again, and get it re-sett therein. 1684 R. Waller Nat. Exper. Pref., For a time they fall out of their Collets.., and [are] worth nothing till..they are again reset in their proper places. 1830 Lytton P. Clifford xix, A stray trinket or two—not of sufficient worth to be re-set. 1883 Haldane Worksh. Rec. Ser. ii. 371/2 The hair can be again reset as firmly as it was before [etc.]. |
b. Surg. To set (a broken limb) again.
| 1884 ‘H. Collingwood’ (W. J. C. Lancaster) Under Meteor Flag 114 We succeeded in getting the limb reset, and the wound properly attended to. |
2. To plant again, replant.
| 1716 M. Davies Athen. Brit. III. 85 Soon after the Gothick Barbarity repullulated again, and was re-set. |
3. To set again in a different way or position.
| 1776 Burney Hist. Mus. I. 171 The plays of Shakespeare might be reset. 1882 Holland Logic & Life (1885) 268 The life of an entire people is shifting and resetting..its landmarks. |
4. To put a new edge on; to sharpen again.
| 1823 Byron Juan xiv. liii, Reset it: shave more smoothly. 1885 Lock's Worksh. Rec. Gen. Index, Resetting bandsaws. |
5. Typog. To set up (type) again; to recompose.
| 1847 in Webster. 1884 L'pool Mercury 14 Feb. 5/6 Practical printers are already moving to see whether they cannot save the cost of re-setting old editions. 1896 De Vinne Moxon's Mech. Exerc., Printing 420 The compositor..undertook to reset this book in modern style. |
6. To set up or fix in proper order again.
| 1829 J. Elmes Dilapidations (ed. 3) App. 66 Take down and re-set the chimney-pots. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. Farm II. 35 Such an occurrence will create the trouble to the shepherd of resetting the whole net. 1860 Merc. Mar. Mag. VII. 114 The sail can be reset. 1880 Carnegie Pract. Trapping 8 Should they be rained upon, they will all require re-setting or re-covering. |
7. a. To cause (a device) to return to a former state, esp. a condition of readiness.
| 1919 R. Mordin Strowger Automatic Telephone Exchange iii. 64 When the release magnet armature knocks the double dog out of engagement with the shaft it also, by means of the lever shown, re-sets the side switch. 1931 Proc. R. Soc. A. CXXXII. 301 The mechanical relay MR is used only for extinguishing or resetting thyratron Q. 1977 D. Anthony Stud Game xxv. 160, I..reset the burglar alarm. |
b. Computers. To set (a binary cell) to zero; to return (a counting device) to a specified value, esp. zero.
| 1947 Proc. IRE Aug. 759/1 The triggered flip-flop is the only one to respond..; as it is reset it gives out a positive pulse. 1956 G. A. Montgomerie Digital Calculating Machines iii. 47 If the wheels are left in engagement on the return stroke they are reset to the previous values. 1971 J. H. Smith Digital Logic i. 12 A binary divider is a modified toggle which has only one input. If electrical pulses are applied to this input the unit will ‘set’. The second pulse will ‘reset’ the circuit. |
8. To set (hair) again.
| 1932 E. Bowen To North xii. 120 She..had had, since lunch, her hair shampooed and re-set. |
II. 9. a. intr. for refl. b. Of a device: to return to an initial state.
| 1895 W. J. Locke Gate of Samaria xvi. 194 She..noticed a look upon Thornton's face,—the after-light, as it were, of a sneer, before the features had time to reset. 1971 Gloss. Electrotechnical, Power Terms (B.S.I.) i. iii. 13 A relay resets when it returns to its initial position. 1980 Sci. Amer. May 49/1 When both currents are removed, the switched junction automatically resets, closing the loop. |
Hence reˈsetting, re-ˈsetting vbl. n.
| 1846 Holtzapffel Turning xxii. II. 471 The resettings by which the same superficies is repeated. 1861 Wynter Soc. Bees 74 What advantage does this method present over a resetting of the page in the usual manner? 1882 Spon's Encycl. s.v. Leather, The next step is re-setting (retenage)... This is another setting out with the sleeker. 1897 Daily News 3 May 8/5 A publication..containing excellent new tunes and re-settings. |