To Seat

1. (transitive) To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.
2. (transitive) To provide with a place to sit.
3. (transitive) To request or direct one or more persons to sit.
4. (transitive, legislature) To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session.
5. (transitive) To assign the seats of.
6. (transitive) To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
7. (obsolete, intransitive) To rest; to lie down.
8. To settle; to plant with inhabitants.
9. (transitive) To put a seat or bottom in