seat-v; 4 Senses

Sense Number 1: provide a seat or base for

Commentary:
NOTE: Often confused with adjective, 'seated'. Ex. 'Seated across from eachother, the candidates face off tonight.', Seated in the balcony, we had a panoramic view.

Examples:
He seated the accusers with the accused.
In a half circle facing the knoll he seated the chieftains.
We seated the bullets a little deeper into the cases to eliminate
air spaces.
He seated the camera on the base.
She seated the toddler on the chair.
The administration seated the concert hall in this building.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: seat.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 5, 6, 7

Sense Number 2: be able to seat

Examples:
This picnic table comfortably seats 6 or even 8 small kids!!
The patio of the 'Flying Dutchman' seats 200 people.

Mappings:
VerbNet: fit-54.3
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: seat.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: place ceremoniously in an office or position

Examples:
We seated the people who got the most votes after that
physical inspection.
Japan was seated after a vote of 25-17.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: seat.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 4: put a seat on a chair

Examples:
No examples found.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4