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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reset
n
  1. device for resetting instruments or controls
v
  1. set anew; "They re-set the date on the clock"
  2. set to zero; "reset instruments and dials"
  3. adjust again after an initial failure
    Synonym(s): readjust, reset
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reset \Re*set"\ (r?-s?t"), v. t.
      To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a
      diamond.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reset \Re"set\ (r?"s?t), n.
      1. The act of resetting.
  
      2. (Print.) That which is reset; matter set up again.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reset \Re*set"\ (r?-s?t"), n. [OF. recete, recepte, a receiving.
      Cf. {Receipt}.] (Scots Law)
      The receiving of stolen goods, or harboring an outlaw.
      --Jamieson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reset \Re*set"\, v. t. (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.
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