Definition of set

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Set (v. i.) To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now followed by out.

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Ave Mary :: Ave Mary () A particular time (as in Italy, at the ringing of the bells about half an hour after sunset, and also at early dawn), when the people repeat the Ave Maria..
Bridestake :: Bridestake (n.) A stake or post set in the ground, for guests at a wedding to dance round..
Reed :: Reed (n.) A small piece of cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is a single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is double, forming a compressed tube..
Subsidence :: Subside (v. i.) To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate; as, the sea subsides; the tumults of war will subside; the fever has subsided..
Setting :: Setting (n.) The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter..
Jaggy :: "Jaggy (a.) Having jags; set with teeth; notched; uneven; as, jaggy teeth..
Personate :: Personate (v. t.) To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask.
Sahui :: Sahui (n.) A marmoset.
Bisetous :: Bisetous (a.) Having two bristles.
Settle :: Settle (n.) A bench; especially, a bench with a high back..
Pitch :: Pitch (v. t.) To fix or set the tone of; as, to pitch a tune..
Set :: Set (v. t.) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure..
Parsee :: Parsee (n.) One of the adherents of the Zoroastrian or ancient Persian religion, descended from Persian refugees settled in India; a fire worshiper; a Gheber..
Resetter :: Resetter (n.) One who receives or conceals, as stolen goods or criminal..
Free :: Free (a.) To make free; to set at liberty; to rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, oppresses, etc.; to release; to disengage; to clear; -- followed by from, and sometimes by off; as, to free a captive or a slave; to be freed of these inconveniences..
Prester :: Prester (n.) A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire.
Arear :: Arear (v. t. & i.) To raise; to set up; to stir up.
Double :: Double (v. i.) To set up a word or words a second time by mistake; to make a doublet.
Thicket :: Thicket (a.) A wood or a collection of trees, shrubs, etc., closely set; as, a ram caught in a thicket..
Collocate :: Collocate (a.) Set; placed.
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