Crossword Dictionary
RESET
reset - v
set anew; "They re-set the date on the clock"
Synonyms
reconstituted, reconstructed, transformed, altered, amended, corrected, improved, rectified, reestablished, regenerated, renewed, reorganized, revised, revolutionized, reworked
Examples
Then, reset the circuit breaker switch to ' ON ' .
Whoever has the highest karma at the end of the week gets made moderator, then their karma gets reset to zero.
Rider can reset the system back to lockout mode by depressing the lockout mode by depressing the lockout dial.
Etymology
also re-set, 1650s, "place or replace (a gem) in a setting," from re- "back, again" + set (v.). Related: Resetting.
Meaning "cause a device to return to a former condition" is from 1847; the intransitive sense of "return to an initial state" is from 1897. Of broken limbs, by 1884. As a noun, "act of resetting; that which is reset," from 1847.