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Sit

/sɪt/
To rest with the weight supported by one's buttocks and thighs, often on a chair

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Examples:

Please sit on the chair.Let's sit and talk in the garden.

Etymology:

etymology
Old English sittan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zitten, German sitzen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sedere and Greek hizein.

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