Definition of set

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Set (v. t.) To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance..

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Inflammation :: Inflammation (n.) The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed..
Setter :: Setter (n.) A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching..
Residence :: Residence (n.) The place where one resides; an abode; a dwelling or habitation; esp., a settled or permanent home or domicile..
Upend :: Upend (v. t.) To end up; to set on end, as a cask..
Sommerset :: Sommerset (n.) See Somersault.
Heptamerous :: Heptamerous (a.) Consisting of seven parts, or having the parts in sets of sevens..
Recorder :: Recorder (n.) The title of the chief judical officer of some cities and boroughs; also, of the chief justice of an East Indian settlement. The Recorder of London is judge of the Lord Mayor's Court, and one of the commissioners of the Central Criminal Court..
Disarrange :: Disarrange (v. t.) To unsettle or disturb the order or due arrangement of; to throw out of order.
Presentable :: Presentable (a.) Capable or admitting of being presented; suitable to be exhibited, represented, or offered; fit to be brought forward or set forth; hence, fitted to be introduced to another, or to go into society; as, ideas that are presentable in simple language; she is not presentable in such a gown..
Indiadem :: Indiadem (v. t.) To place or set in a diadem, as a gem or gems..
Acquit :: Acquit (v. t.) To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; -- now followed by of before the charge, formerly by from; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions..
Discrimination :: Discrimination (n.) The state of being discriminated, distinguished, or set apart..
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) The act of rushing upon, or towards, an enemy; a sudden onset or attack, as of troops, esp. cavalry; hence, the signal for attack; as, to sound the charge..
Riveting :: Riveting (n.) The whole set of rivets, collectively..
Mesethmoid :: Mesethmoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the middle of the ethmoid region or ethmoid bone.
Refracture :: Refracture (n.) A second breaking (as of a badly set bone) by the surgeon.
Determine :: Determine (v. t.) To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide; as, the court has determined the cause..
Erect :: Erect (v. t.) To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc..
Sacred :: Sacred (a.) Set apart by solemn religious ceremony; especially, in a good sense, made holy; set apart to religious use; consecrated; not profane or common; as, a sacred place; a sacred day; sacred service..
Undeterminate :: Undeterminate (a.) Nor determinate; not settled or certain; indeterminate.
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