To sit down Meaning, Definition & Usage

Definitions
  1. . (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.

Webster 1913