Definition of set

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Set (a.) Established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer..

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Start :: Start (n.) The beginning, as of a journey or a course of action; first motion from a place; act of setting out; the outset; -- opposed to finish..
West :: West (v. i.) To pass to the west; to set, as the sun..
Presentment :: Presentment (n.) Setting forth to view; delineation; appearance; representation; exhibition.
Poussette :: Poussette (n.) A movement, or part of a figure, in the contradance..
Offset :: Offset (n.) A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
Fix :: Fix (v. t.) To put in order; to arrange; to dispose of; to adjust; to set to rights; to set or place in the manner desired or most suitable; hence, to repair; as, to fix the clothes; to fix the furniture of a room..
Jointure :: Jointure (v. t.) To settle a jointure upon.
Stall :: Stall (v. i.) To be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast..
Spencer :: Spencer (n.) A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; -- named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [1802]..
Inset :: Inset (n.) That which is inserted or set in; an insertion.
Botany Bay :: Botany Bay () A harbor on the east coast of Australia, and an English convict settlement there; -- so called from the number of new plants found on its shore at its discovery by Cook in 1770..
Underset :: Underset (v. t.) To prop or support.
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..
Interstice :: Interstice (n.) That which intervenes between one thing and another; especially, a space between things closely set, or between the parts which compose a body; a narrow chink; a crack; a crevice; a hole; an interval; as, the interstices of a wall..
Turnover :: Turnover (n.) The act or result of turning over; an upset; as, a bad turnover in a carriage..
Liberate :: Liberate (a.) To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to free; to manumit; to disengage; as, to liberate a slave or prisoner; to liberate the mind from prejudice; to liberate gases..
Posset :: Posset (v. t.) To curdle; to turn, as milk; to coagulate; as, to posset the blood..
Problem :: Problem (n.) A question proposed for solution; a matter stated for examination or proof; hence, a matter difficult of solution or settlement; a doubtful case; a question involving doubt..
Commove :: Commove (v. t.) To put in motion; to disturb; to unsettle.
Dowager :: Dowager (n.) A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease..
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