Set
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. A number or collection of things of the same kind and of similar form, which are ordinarily used together; as a set of chairs; a set of tea cups; a set of China or other ware.
2. A number of things fitted to be used together, though different in form; as a set of
dining tables.
3. A number of persons
customarily or officialy associated, as a set of men, a set of officers; or a number of persons having a simlitude of character, or of things which have some resemblance or relation to each other. Hence our common phrase, a set of opinions.
4. This falls into different divisions or sets of nations connected under particular religions, etc. Ward's Law of Nations .
5. A number of particular things that are united in the formation of a whole; as a set of features.
6. A young plant for growth; as sets of white
thorn or other
shrub.
7. The descent of the sun or other other below the horizon; as the set of the sun.
9. That was but civil war, an equal set .
Dryden .
10. A game.
11. We will, in france, play a set
12. Shall strike his father's crown into the
hazard. Shak .
Set
[Verb intransitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. To decline; to go down; to pass below the horizin; as, the sun sets ; the stars set .
2. To be fixed hard; to be close or firm.
3. To fit music to words.
5. That fluid in a few minutes begins to set .
Boyle .
6. To begin a journey. The king is set from London. [This is obsolete. We now say, to set out .]
7. To plant; as, 'to
sow dry, and to set wet.'
8. To flow; to have a certain direction in motion; as, the tide sets to the east or north; the current sets westward.
9. To catch birds with a dog that sets them, that is, one that lies down and points them out, and with a large net.
10. To set one's self about , to begin; to enter upon; to take the first steps.
11. To set one's self , to apply one's self.
12. To set about , to fall on; to begin; to take the first steps in a business or enterprise.
13. To set in , to begin. Winter in New England, usually sets in
14. To become settled in a particular state.
15. When the weather was set in to be very bad.
Addison .
16. To set forward , to move or march; to begin to march; to advance.
17. The sons of Aaron and the sons of Merari set forward .
Numbers 10:17 .
18. To set on , or upon , to begin a journey or an enterprise.
19. He that would seriously set upon the search of truth- Locke .
21. To set out , to begin a journey or course; as, to set out for London or from London; to set out in business; to set out in life or in the world.
22. To have a beginning.
23. To set to , to apply one's self to.
24. To set up , to begin business or a scheme of life; as, to set up in trade; to set up for one's self.
25. To
profess openly; to make pretensions. He sets up for a man of wit; he sets up to teach morality.
Set
[Verb transitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1.
preterit tense participle passive set . [Latin sedo ; to
compose, as a book, to
dispose or put in order, to establish, found or institute, to possess, to cease; Latin sedo , sedeo and sido , coinciding with sit , but all of one family. From the Norman
orthography of this word, we have
assess , assise . See
Assess . Heb. Ch. to set to place.]
2. To put or place; to fix or cause to rest in a standing
posture. We set a house on a wass of stone; we set a book on a
shelf. In this use, set differs from lay ; we set a thing on its end or basis; we lay it on its side.
3. To put or place in its proper or natural
posture. We set a chest or trunk on its bottom, not its end; we set a
bedstead or a table on its feet or laeg.
4. To put, place or fix in any situation. God set the sun, moon and stars in the
firmament.
6. To put into any condition or state.
7. The Lord the God will set thee on high.
Duet. 28.
9. So we say, to set in order , to set at ease , to set to work , or at work .
10. To put; to fix; to
attach to.
13. To fix; to render motionless; as, the eyes are set , the jaws are set .
14. To put or fix, as a price. We set a price on a house, farm or horse.
15. To fix; to state by some rule.
16. The gentleman spoke with a set
gesture and countenance.
Carew .
17. The town of
Berne has handsome fountains planted and set distances from one end of the street to the other.
Addison .
19. He sets judgement by his passion. Prior .
20. To fit to music; to
adapt with notes; as, to set the words of a
psalm to music.
21. Set thy own songs, and sing them to they
lute.
Dryden .
22. To pitch; to begin to sing in public.
24. To plant, as a
shrub, tree or vegetable.
26. High on their heads, with jewels richly set ,
28. To return to its proper place or state; to replace; to reduce from
dislocated or fractured state; as, to set a bone or a leg.
29. To fix; to place; as the heart or affections.
31. -Minds altogether set on trade and profit.
Addison .
32. To fix firmly; to predetermine.
33. The heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Ecclesiastes 8:11 .
34. Hence we say, a thing is done of set purpose; a man is set , that is, firm or
obstinate in his opinion or way.
35. To fix by appointment; to
appoint; to
assign; as, to set a time for meeting; to set an hour or day.
36. To place or station; to
appoint to a particular duty.
37. Am I a sea or a
whale, that thou settest a watch over me.
38. To
stake at play. [ Little used .]
39. To offer a
wager at
dice to another. [ Little used .]
40. To fix in metal.
41. And him to rich a
jewel to be set
42. In vulgar metal for a vulgar use.
Dryden .
43. To fix; to cause to stop; to
obstruct; as, to set a
coach in the
mire. The
wagon or the
team was set at the hill. In some of the states,
stall is used in a like sense.
46. To put in good order; to fix for use; to bring to a fine edge; as, to set a
razor.
47. To loose and extend; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship.
48. To point out without noise or disturbance; as, a dog sets birds.
50. Will you set your wit to a
fool's? Shak .
54. To set by the compass , among seamen, to observe the bearing or situation of a distant object by the compass.
55. To set about , to begin, as an action or enterprise; to apply to. He has
planned his enterprise, and he will soon setabout it.
56. To set one's self against , to place in a state of emnity or opposition.
57. The king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.
Ezekiel 24:2 .
58. To set against , to
oppose, to set in comparison, or to
oppose as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one thing against another ; or to set off one thing against another.
59. To set aside , to
omit for the present; to lay out of the question.
60. Setting aside all other considerations, I will
endeavor to know the truth and yield to that.
Tillotson .
62. I embrace that of the
deluge, and set aside all the rest.
Woodward .
65. To set a-going , to cause to begin to move.
66. To set by , to set apart or on on side; to
reject. [In this sense, by is
emphatical.]
67. To esteem; to regard; to value. [In this sense, set is pronounced with more
emphasis than by .]
68. To set down , to place upon the ground or floor.
69. To enter in writing; to register.
70. Some rules were to be set down for the government of the army.
Clarendon .
71. To explain or relate in writing.
72. To fix on a
resolve. [ Little used .]
73. To fix; to establish; to
ordain.
74. This law we may name eternal, being that order which God hath set down with himself for himself to do all things by. Hooker .
75. To set forth , to manifest; to offer our present to view.
77. To send out; to prepare and send.
78. The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty
galleys, set forth by the Venetians.
80. To display; to exhibit; to present to view; to show.
81. To set forward , to advance; to move on; also, to promote.
82. To set in , to put in the way to begin.
83. If you please to assist and set me in , I will recollect myself.
Collier .
85. They set off the worst faces with the best airs.
Addison .
87. To place against as an equivalent; as, to set off one man's services against another's.
88. To separate or
assign for a particular purpose; as, to set off a portion of an estate.
90. Thou,
traitor, hast set on thy wife to this. Shak .
91. To
assault or attack; seldom used transitively, but the passive form is often used.
93. To employ, as in a task.
94. Set on thy wife to observe. Shak .
95. To fix the attention; to determine to any thing withsettled purpose.
96. It becomes a true lover to have your own heart more set upon her good than your own.
Sidney .
97. To set out , to
assign; to
allot; as, to set out the share of each
proprietor or heir of an estate; to set out the widow's thirds.
98. To
publish. [ Not elegant nor common .]
99. To mark by boundaries or distinctions of space.
100. -
Determinate portions of those infinite abysses of space and duration, set out , or supposed to be distinguished from all the rest by known boundaries. Locke .
102. An
ugly woman in a rich habit, set out with jewels, nothing can become.
104. To raise,
equip and send forth; to furnish.
105. The Venetians pretend they could set out , in case of great necessity, thirty men of war. [ Not elegant and little used .]
Addison .
106. To show; to display; to
recommend; to set off.
107. I could set out that best side of Luther.
Atterbury .
108. To show; to prove.
109. Those very reasons set out how
hainous his sin was. [ Little used and not elegant .]
Atterbury .
110. In law, to
recite; to state at large.
111. To set up , to erect; as, to set up a building; to set up a post, a wall a
pillar.
112. To begin a new institution; to institute; to establish; to found; as, to set up a
manufactory; to set up a school.
113. To enable to
commence a new business; as, to set up a son in trade.
114. To raise; to
exalt; to put in power; as, to set up the throne of David over Israel.
115. To place in view; as, to set up a mark.
116. To raise; to utter loudly; as, to set up the voice.
117. I'll set up such a note as she shall hear.
Dryden .
118. To advance; to
propose as truth or for reception; as, to set up a new opinion or doctrine.
119. To raise from depression or to a sufficient fortune. This good fortune quite set him up .
120. In seamen's language , to extend, as the shrouds, stays, etc.
123. To set in order , to
adjust or arrange; to reduce to method.
125. To set eyes on , to see; to behold; or to fix the eyes in looking on.
126. To set the teeth on edge , to affect the teeth with painful sensation.
128. To
assign; to transfer; to convey.
129. To set right , to correct; to put in order.
130. To set at ease , to quiet; to
tranquilize; as, to set the heart at ease .
132. To set at work , to cause to enter on work or action; or to direct how to enter on work.
134. To set before , to offer; to
propose; to present to view.
135. To set a
trap,
snare or
gin , to place in a situation to catch prey; to spread;
figuratively, to lay a plan to
deceive and draw into the power of another.
Set
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination.
2. That which is set, placed, or fixed.
3. A young plant for growth; as, a set of white
thorn.
5. Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring.
6. A kind of
punch used for bending,
indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set.
7. A piece placed
temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot be reached by the weight, or hammer, except by means of such an intervening piece.
8. A short steel
spike used for driving the head of a
nail below the surface.
9. A number of things of the same kind, ordinarily used or classed together; a collection of articles which naturally
complement each other, and usually go together; an
assortment; a suit; as, a set of chairs, of china, of
surgical or mathematical instruments, of books, etc.
10. A number of persons associated by custom, office, common opinion, quality, or the like; a division; a group; a
clique.
11. Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current.
12. In dancing, the number of persons necessary to
execute a
quadrille; also, the series of figures or movements executed.
13. The
deflection of a tooth, or of the teeth, of a saw, which causes the the saw to cut a
kerf, or make an opening, wider than the
blade.
14. A young
oyster when first attached.
15.
Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
16. A series of as many games as may be necessary to enable one side to
win six. If at the end of the tenth game the
score is a
tie, the set is usually called a
deuce set, and decided by an application of the rules for playing off
deuce in a game. See
Deuce.
17. That
dimension of the body of a type called by printers the width.
Set
[Verb intransitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end.
2. To fit music to words.
3. To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
4. To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to
germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well (i. e., not blasted in the
blossom).
5. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
7. To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide sets to the
windward.
8. To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; -- now followed by out.
9. To indicate the position of game; -- said of a dog; as, the dog sets well; also, to
hunt game by the aid of a
setter.
10. To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now followed by out.
11. To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well.
Set
[Verb transitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a book on a
shelf; to set a
dish on a table; to set a chest or trunk on its bottom or on end.
2. Hence, to
attach or
affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
3. To make to assume specified place, condition, or occupation; to put in a certain condition or state (described by the accompanying words); to cause to be.
4. To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or condition to.
5. To cause to stop or stick; to
obstruct; to
fasten to a spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to
embarrass; as, to set a
coach in the mud.
6. To fix
beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or
obstinate; to render stiff,
unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance.
7. To fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant; as, to set
pear trees in an
orchard.
8. To fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass in a
sash.
9. To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into
curd; to
curdle; as, to set milk for
cheese.
10. To put into a desired position or condition; to
adjust; to regulate; to
adapt.
11. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare; as, to set (that is, to
hone) a
razor; to set a saw.
12. To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship.
13. To give a pitch to, as a
tune; to start by fixing the
keynote; as, to set a
psalm.
14. To reduce from a
dislocated or fractured state; to replace; as, to set a broken bone.
15. To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock.
16. To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
18. To fit with music; to
adapt, as words to notes; to prepare for singing.
19. To determine; to
appoint; to
assign; to fix; as, to set a time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.
21. To value; to rate; -- with at.
22. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other game; -- said of hunting dogs.
23. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to
prescribe; to
assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be learned.
24. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill.
25. To
compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page.
