reset Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun device for resetting instruments or controls
  2. verb set anew
    • They re-set the date on the clock
  3. verb set to zero
    • reset instruments and dials
  4. verb adjust again after an initial failure
    readjust.

WordNet

Re*set" transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a diamond.
Re"set noun
Definitions
  1. The act of resetting.
  2. (Print.) That which is reset; matter set up again.
Re*set" noun
Etymology
OF. recete, recepte, a receiving. Cf. Receipt.
Definitions
  1. (Scots Law) The receiving of stolen goods, or harboring an outlaw. Jamieson.
Re*set" transitive verb
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913