reset

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: re=set

CIDE DICTIONARY

reset, v. t. 

 To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a diamond.  [1913 Webster]

reset, n. 

•  The act of resetting.  [1913 Webster]
•  That which is reset; matter set up again.  [1913 Webster]

reset, n. [OF. recete, recepte, a receiving. Cf. Receipt.].

 The receiving of stolen goods, or harboring an outlaw.  Jamieson.  [1913 Webster]

reset, v. t. 

 To harbor or secrete; to hide, as stolen goods or a criminal.  [1913 Webster]
"We shall see if an English hound is to harbor and reset the Southrons here."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

reset, v.tr. (resetting; past and past part. reset) set (a broken bone, gems, a mechanical device, etc.) again or differently.

Derivative

resettable adj. resettability n.