And he came and took the book put of the right hand of him that sate upon the seat. Bible (1551) (Rev. v. 7.)

I pray you, jest, sir, as you sit at dinner. Shak.

And Moses said to . . . the children of Reuben, Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit here? Num. xxxii. 6.

Like a demigod here sit I in the sky. Shak.

The calamity sits heavy on us. Jer. Taylor.

This new and gorgeous garment, majesty,
Sits not so easy on me as you think. Shak.

As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not. Jer. xvii. 11.

Like a good miller that knows how to grind, which way soever the wind sits. Selden.

Sits the wind in that quarter? Sir W. Scott.

To sit at, to rest under; to be subject to. [Obs.] "A farmer can not husband his ground so well if he sit at a great rent". Bacon. -- To sit at meat or at table, to be at table for eating. -- To sit down. (a) To place one's self on a chair or other seat; as, to sit down when tired. (b) To begin a siege; as, the enemy sat down before the town. (c) To settle; to fix a permanent abode. Spenser. (d) To rest; to cease as satisfied. "Here we can not sit down, but still proceed in our search." Rogers. -- To sit for a fellowship, to offer one's self for examination with a view to obtaining a fellowship. [Eng. Univ.] -- To sit out. (a) To be without engagement or employment. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson. (b) To outstay. -- To sit under, to be under the instruction or ministrations of; as, to sit under a preacher; to sit under good preaching. -- To sit up, to rise from, or refrain from, a recumbent posture or from sleep; to sit with the body upright; as, to sit up late at night; also, to watch; as, to sit up with a sick person. "He that was dead sat up, and began to speak." Luke vii. 15.

Hardly the muse can sit the headstrong horse. Prior.

They sat them down to weep. Milton.

Sit you down, father; rest you. Shak.