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re·set  (r-st)
tr.v. re·set, re·set·ting, re·sets
1. To set again: reset a broken bone.
2. To change the reading of: reset a clock.
n. (rst)
1. The act of setting again.
2. Something set again.

re·setta·ble adj.
re·setter n.
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Noun1.resetreset - device for resetting instruments or controls
device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"
reset button - a push button that you press to activate the reset mechanism
Verb1.reset - set anew; "They re-set the date on the clock"
specify, fix, limit, set, determine, define - decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
2.reset - set to zero; "reset instruments and dials"
set - set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly; "set clocks or instruments"
3.reset - adjust again after an initial failure
adjust, correct, set - alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"
Translations
Spanish reset [riːˈsɛt] vt (COMPUT) → reinicializar
French reset [riːˈsɛt] vt irreg like set) → remettre [+ clock, watch]; mettre à l'heure;
(Comput) → remettre à zéro

German reset [riːˈsɛt] irreg like set) vt (watch) → neu stellen;
(broken bone) → wieder einrichten;
(Comput) → zurückstellen

Italian reset [riːˈsɛt] vt (COMPUT) → azzerare

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Even when the stage was being entirely reset, one heard no noise.
Now she recalled, with an aching tightness about her heart, how delicious had been her relaxation, when, the dinner dishes washed, the table reset and the kitchen in scrupulous order with the last fly vanquished, she and Nellie had luxuriated in that exquisite sense of leisure that only women know who have passed triumphantly through a heavy morning's work and have everything ready for the evening.
The dwellers in those quiet tree-lined roads were accustomed to see the two figures, the long, thin, austere seaman, and the short, bustling, tweed-clad physician, pass and repass with such regularity that a stopped clock has been reset by them.
 
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