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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

re-set

/(r?-s?t")/ · IPA
01 v. t. To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a diamond.
  1. 1.
    To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a diamond.
  2. 2.
    To set (an instrument) back to an initial position after it has changed; of instruments and dials; as, he reset the timer to ten minutes started again.
Syn. reset, set to zero.