Definition of set

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Set (v. t.) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship..

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Unbind :: Unbind (v. t.) To remove a band from; to set free from shackles or fastenings; to unite; to unfasten; to loose; as, unbind your fillets; to unbind a prisoner's arms; to unbind a load..
Persecute :: Persecute (v. t.) To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death, for adherence to a particular religious creed or mode of worship..
Venditation :: Venditation (n.) The act of setting forth ostentatiously; a boastful display.
Sunshade :: Sunsetting (n.) Hence, the region where the sun sets; the west..
Undeterminate :: Undeterminate (a.) Nor determinate; not settled or certain; indeterminate.
Outset :: Outset (n.) A setting out, starting, or beginning..
Rank :: Rank (v. i.) To be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular degree, class, order, or division..
Remove :: Remove (n.) The act of resetting a horse's shoe.
Compound :: Compound (v. i.) To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; -- usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration..
Narragansetts :: Narragansetts (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited the shores of Narragansett Bay.
Punt :: Punt (v. i.) To play at basset, baccara, faro. or omber; to gamble..
Eliminate :: Eliminate (v. t.) To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.
Doublet :: Doublet (a.) A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up a second time.
Cemetery :: Cemetery (n.) A place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; a graveyard; a churchyard; a necropolis.
Fireball :: Fireball (n.) A ball filled with powder or other combustibles, intended to be thrown among enemies, and to injure by explosion; also, to set fire to their works and light them up, so that movements may be seen..
Inaugurate :: Inaugurate (v. t.) To cause to begin, esp. with formality or solemn ceremony; hence, to set in motion, action, or progress; to initiate; -- used especially of something of dignity or worth or public concern; as, to inaugurate a new era of things, new methods, etc..
Ladies'' Tresses :: Ladies' tresses () A name given to several species of the orchidaceous genus Spiranthes, in which the white flowers are set in spirals about a slender axis and remotely resemble braided hair..
Squatter :: Squatter (n.) One who squats; specifically, one who settles unlawfully upon land without a title. In the United States and Australia the term is sometimes applied also to a person who settles lawfully upon government land under permission and restrictions, before acquiring title..
Involution :: Involution (n.) The relation which exists between three or more sets of points, a.a', b.b', c.c', so related to a point O on the line, that the product Oa.Oa' = Ob.Ob' = Oc.Oc' is constant. Sets of lines or surfaces possessing corresponding properties may be in involution..
Candock :: Candock (n.) A plant or weed that grows in rivers; a species of Equisetum; also, the yellow frog lily (Nuphar luteum)..
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