Definition of set

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Set (v. t.) 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..

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Set :: Set (v. i.) To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; -- now followed by out.
Menhir :: Menhir (n.) A large stone set upright in olden times as a memorial or monument. Many, of unknown date, are found in Brittany and throughout Northern Europe..
Try :: Try (v. t.) To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms; as, to try rival claims by a duel; to try conclusions..
Firm :: Firm (a.) To fix; to settle; to confirm; to establish.
Midst :: Midst (n.) Hence, figuratively, the condition of being surrounded or beset; the press; the burden; as, in the midst of official duties; in the midst of secular affairs..
Range :: Range (v.) An extended cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways of cooking; also, a kind of cooking stove..
Install :: Install (v. t.) To set in a seat; to give a place to; establish (one) in a place.
Absolution :: Absolution (n.) An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense..
Habitation :: Habitation (n.) Place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.
Quaternary :: Quaternary (a.) Consisting of four; by fours, or in sets of four..
Corset :: Corset (v. t.) To inclose in corsets.
Perch :: Perch (v. i.) To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost..
Sag :: Sag (v. i.) Fig.: To lose firmness or elasticity; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced..
Cleavers :: Cleavers (n.) A species of Galium (G. Aparine), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc..
Printer :: Printer (n.) One who prints; especially, one who prints books, newspapers, engravings, etc., a compositor; a typesetter; a pressman..
Trichophore :: Trichophore (n.) One of the saclike organs from which the setae of annelids arise.
Ground :: Ground (v. t.) To lay, set, or run, on the ground..
Convictism :: Convictism (n.) The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements.
Flourish :: Flourish (v. t.) To embellish with the flowers of diction; to adorn with rhetorical figures; to grace with ostentatious eloquence; to set off with a parade of words.
Rosette :: Rosette (n.) A rose burner. See under Rose.
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