Definition of set

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Set (v. t.) To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be learned..

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Betrim :: Betrim (v. t.) To set in order; to adorn; to deck, to embellish; to trim..
Millwright :: Millwright (n.) A mechanic whose occupation is to build mills, or to set up their machinery..
Liquidate :: Liquidate (v. t.) In an extended sense: To ascertain the amount, or the several amounts, of , and apply assets toward the discharge of (an indebtedness)..
Cosset :: Cosset (v. t.) To treat as a pet; to fondle.
Pentacrostic :: Pentacrostic (n.) A set of verses so disposed that the name forming the subject of the acrostic occurs five times -- the whole set of verses being divided into five different parts from top to bottom.
Stick :: Stick (n.) To set with something pointed; as, to stick cards..
Pegroots :: Pegroots (n.) Same as Setterwort.
Polychaeta :: Polychaeta (n. pl.) One of the two principal groups of Chaetopoda. It includes those that have prominent parapodia and fascicles of setae. See Illust. under Parapodia.
Setter :: Setter (n.) One who adapts words to music in composition.
Typesetting :: Typesetting (n.) The act or art of setting type.
Setewale :: Setewale (n.) See Cetewale.
Unhinge :: Unhinge (v. t.) To render unstable or wavering; to unsettle; as, to unhinge one's mind or opinions; to unhinge the nerves..
Mico :: Mico (n.) A small South American monkey (Mico melanurus), allied to the marmoset. The name was originally applied to an albino variety..
Insertion :: Insertion (n.) That which is set in or inserted, especially a narrow strip of embroidered lace, muslin, or cambric..
Milepost :: Milepost (n.) A post, or one of a series of posts, set up to indicate spaces of a mile each or the distance in miles from a given place..
Forest :: Forest (n.) A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own..
Parole :: Parole (v. t.) To set at liberty on parole; as, to parole prisoners..
Hippodrome :: Hippodrome (n.) A place set apart for equestrian and chariot races.
Code :: Code (n.) A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest..
Clypeastroid :: Clypeastroid (a.) Like or related to the genus Clupeaster; -- applied to a group of flattened sea urchins, with a rosette of pores on the upper side..
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