Antonyms for reset

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : verb ree-set; noun ree-set

Phonetic Transcription : verb riˈsɛt; noun ˈriˌsɛt

Definition of reset

Origin : also re-set, 1650s, "place (a gem) in a new setting," from re- + set (v.). Related: Resetting. Meaning "cause a device to return to a former condition" is from 1847; intransitive sense from 1897. As a noun, from 1847.

As in reformed : adj changed
As in transplant : verb relocate
As in boot : verb start operating system
As in rearrange : verb do over

Example sentences :

Some of the diamonds had been reset, and she wore them at various official functions.
Extract from : « The White Lie » by William Le Queux

That will make no difference to the owner, as I shall have it reset at my own expense.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

These are yours; I saved them from the fire that day you behaved so rudely to them, and have had them reset.
Extract from : « Molly Bawn » by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton

The men were endeavoring to reset the switch for the main line contact.
Extract from : « The Daughter of a Magnate » by Frank H. Spearman

The men were again called, and together they reset all the head canvas.
Extract from : « Labrador Days » by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell

The bones had slipped out of place and now it was too late to reset them.
Extract from : « The Later Cave-Men » by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp

Then the stranger, putting on fresh bait, had reset the trap.
Extract from : « Oowikapun » by Egerton Ryerson Young

Then he took the mink out of the trap and reset it, supplying it with his own bait.
Extract from : « Winter Adventures of Three Boys » by Egerton R. Young

Ring that bell again, boy, and order them to reset the breakfast-table.
Extract from : « Nic Revel » by George Manville Fenn

There the said Hugh was fined in 1000 merks for reset, harbour and converse with him.
Extract from : « Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) » by John Howie

Synonyms for reset

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