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set verb, set, setting, noun, adjective -- verb (t) 1. to put in a particular place or position: to set a vase on a table. 2. to put into some condition or relation: to set a house on fire. 3. to apply: to set fire to a house. 4. to cause to begin: to set someone thinking. 5. to put (a price or value) upon something. 6. to fix the value of at a certain amount or rate. 7. to post, station, or appoint for the purpose of performing some duty: to set a watch over a camp. 8. to incite or urge to attack: to set the dogs on an intruder. 9. to fix, appoint, or ordain: to set a limit. 10. to place or prescribe in an estimation: to set an early date. 11. to present or fix for others to follow: to set an example. 12. to prescribe or assign, as a task. 13. to prescribe for study for examination: the examiners have set 'King Lear' this year. 14. to compile and prescribe (an examination, etc.). 15. to put in the proper position, order, or condition for use; adjust or arrange. 16. to cover with a cloth or cloths and arrange cutlery, crockery, etc., on; lay: to set the table. 17. to adjust according to a standard: to set a clock. 18. to fix or mount (a gem, etc.) in gold or the like; place in a frame or setting. 19. to adorn with, or as with, precious stones. 20. to fix at a given point or calibration: to set a micrometer. 21. to sharpen as by honing: to set a razor. 22. to bend out the points of alternate teeth of (a saw) in opposite directions. 23. to cause to sit; seat. 24. to put (a hen) on eggs to hatch them. 25. to place (eggs) under a hen or in an incubator. 26. to put into a fixed, rigid, or settled state, as the countenance, the muscles, or the mind. 27. to cause (something, as mortar) to become firm or hard. 28. US. to prove (dough). 29. to change into a curd. 30. to cause (hair, etc.) to assume a desired shape, style, or form, as by inserting clips, rollers, etc., when it is wet. 31. to cause to take a particular direction. 32. Surgery to put (a broken or dislocated bone) back in position. 33. (of a hunting dog) to indicate the position of (game) by standing stiffly and pointing with the muzzle. 34. to p |
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Set noun Egyptian Mythology. the god of evil, brother or son and deadly opponent of Osiris, and represented with a beast's head and snout; called by the Greeks Typhon. Also, Seth. [Greek Seth, from Egyptian Setesh ] |
