Definition of set

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Set (v. t.) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock..

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Set :: Set (a.) Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices..
Staple :: Staple (a.) Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled; as, a staple trade..
Ratting :: Ratting (v. i.) The low sport of setting a dog upon rats confined in a pit to see how many he will kill in a given time.
Stepmother :: Stepladder (n.) A portable set of steps.
Onset :: Onset (v. t.) To set about; to begin.
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..
Set :: Set (v. t.) To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare for singing..
Bosset :: Bosset (n.) A rudimental antler of a young male of the red deer.
Cosset :: Cosset (n.) A lamb reared without the aid of the dam. Hence: A pet, in general..
Displayed :: Displayed (a.) Set with lines of prominent type interspersed, to catch the eye..
Withset :: Withset (v. t.) To set against; to oppose.
Fur :: Fur (n.) Articles of clothing made of fur; as, a set of furs for a lady (a collar, tippet, or cape, muff, etc.)..
Stamp :: Stamp (v. t.) An offical mark set upon things chargeable with a duty or tax to government, as evidence that the duty or tax is paid; as, the stamp on a bill of exchange..
Oppose :: Oppose (n.) To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit..
Fantasia :: Fantasia (n.) A continuous composition, not divided into what are called movements, or governed by the ordinary rules of musical design, but in which the author's fancy roves unrestricted by set form..
Endowment :: Endowment (n.) That which is bestowed or settled on a person or an institution; property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated to any object; as, the endowment of a church, a hospital, or a college..
Setter :: Setter (n.) One who hunts victims for sharpers.
Compensation :: Compensation (n.) The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount; a set-off.
Boston :: Boston (n.) A game at cards, played by four persons, with two packs of fifty-two cards each; -- said to be so called from Boston, Massachusetts, and to have been invented by officers of the French army in America during the Revolutionary war..
Charge :: Charge (v. i.) To make an onset or rush; as, to charge with fixed bayonets..
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