Definition of set

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Set (n.) That which is staked; a wager; a venture; a stake; hence, a game at venture..

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Double :: Double (a.) Being in pairs; presenting two of a kind, or two in a set together; coupled..
Turnpike :: Turnpike (n.) A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, till toll is paid for keeping the road in repair; a tollgate..
Connate-perfoliate :: Connate-perfoliate (a.) Connate or coalescent at the base so as to produce a broad foliaceous body through the center of which the stem passes; -- applied to leaves, as the leaves of the boneset..
Correct :: Correct (v. t.) To remove or retrench the faults or errors of; to amend; to set right; as, to correct the proof (that is, to mark upon the margin the changes to be made, or to make in the type the changes so marked)..
Set :: Set (v. i.) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom)..
Destination :: Destination (n.) The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at..
Woe-begone :: Woe-begone (a.) Beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful.
Offset :: Offset (v. t.) To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another..
State :: State (v. t.) To set; to settle; to establish.
Settle :: Settle (n.) A seat of any kind.
Oppose :: Oppose (v. i.) To be set opposite.
Exercise :: Exercise (n.) The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; occupation, in general; practice..
Underset :: Underset (n.) Undercurrent.
Quaternion :: Quaternion (n.) A set of four parts, things, or person; four things taken collectively; a group of four words, phrases, circumstances, facts, or the like..
Acronychal :: Acronychal (a.) Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise, as a star; -- opposed to cosmical..
Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To become fixed or permanent; to become stationary; to establish one's self or itself; to assume a lasting form, condition, direction, or the like, in place of a temporary or changing state..
Plant :: Plant (n.) To set in the ground for growth, as a young tree, or a vegetable with roots..
Exorbitant :: Exorbitant (a.) Not comprehended in a settled rule or method; anomalous.
Rockery :: Rockery (n.) A mound formed of fragments of rock, earth, etc., and set with plants..
Anthem :: Anthem (n.) Formerly, a hymn sung in alternate parts, in present usage, a selection from the Psalms, or other parts of the Scriptures or the liturgy, set to sacred music..
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