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Sit
(Sit) v. t.

1. To sit upon; to keep one's seat upon; as, he sits a horse well.

Hardly the muse can sit the headstrong horse.
Prior.

2. To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to; — used reflexively.

They sat them down to weep.
Milton.
Sit you down, father; rest you.
Shak.

3. To suit (well or ill); to become. [Obs. or R.]

Site
(Site) n. [L. situs, fr. sinere, situm, to let, p. p. situs placed, lying, situate: cf. F. site. Cf. Position.]

1. The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position; as, the site of a city or of a house. Chaucer.

2. A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or occupation; as, a site for a church.

3. The posture or position of a thing. [R.]

The semblance of a lover fixed
In melancholy site.
Thomson.

Sited
(Sit"ed) a. Having a site; situated. [Obs.]

[The garden] sited was in fruitful soil.
Chaucer.