to seat royalty on a throne (see Molina); to establish, to seat, to prepare a field, to take a position (Rémi Siméon)
Alonso de Molina:
yaoquizcateca. nino. (pret. oninoyaoquizcatecac.) asentar real. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 31r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.