remove vs seat

remove

noun
  • The act of resetting a horse's shoe. 

  • Distance in time or space; interval. 

  • A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove") 

  • (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last 

  • Emotional distance or indifference. 

  • The act of removing something. 

  • A dish served to replace an earlier one during a meal; a part of a new course. 

verb
  • To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.). 

  • To murder. 

  • To dismiss or discharge from office. 

  • To move something or someone from one place to another, especially to take away. 

  • To dismiss a batsman. 

  • To delete. 

seat

noun
  • Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback. 

  • An ejection seat. 

  • The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting. 

  • A piece of furniture made for sitting; e.g. a chair, stool or bench; any improvised place for sitting. 

  • The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting. 

  • The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks. 

  • A place in which to sit. 

  • The starting point of a fire. 

  • An electoral district, especially for a national legislature. 

  • One of a series of departmental placements given to a trainee solicitor as part of their training contract. 

  • A part or surface on which another part or surface rests. 

  • A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body. 

  • The location of a governing body. 

  • A temporary residence, such as a country home or a hunting lodge. 

  • The place occupied by anything, or where any person, thing or quality is situated or resides; a site. 

verb
  • To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle. 

  • To settle; to plant with inhabitants. 

  • To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session. 

  • To put a seat or bottom in. 

  • To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm. 

  • To provide with a place to sit. 

  • To request or direct one or more persons to sit. 

  • To assign the seats of. 

How often have the words remove and seat occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )