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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SET, v.t. pret. pp. set. [L. sedo; to compose, as a book, to dispose or put in order, to establish, found or institute, to possess, to cease; L. sedo, sedeo and sido, coinciding with sit, but all of one family. From the Norman orthography of this word, we have assess, assise. See Assess. Heb. Ch. to set, to place.]
1. To put or place; to fix or cause to rest in a standing posture. We set a house on a wass of stone; we set a book on a shelf. In this use, set differs from lay; we set a thing on its end or basis; we lay it on its side.
2. To put or place in its proper or natural posture. We set a chest or trunk on its bottom, not its end; we set a bedstead or a table on its feet or laeg.
3. To put, place or fix in any situation. God set the sun, moon and stars in the firmament.
I do set my bow in the cloud. Genesis 9.
4. To put into any condition or state.
The Lord the God will set thee on high. Duet. 28.
I am come to set a man at variance against his father. Matthew 10.
So we say, to set in order, to set at ease, to set to work, or at work.
5. To put; to fix; to attach to.
The Lord set a mark upon Cain. Genesis 4.
So we say, to set a label on a vial or a bale.
6. To fix; to render motionless; as, the eyes are set, the jaws are set.
7. To put or fix, as a price. We set a price on a house, farm or horse.
8. To fix; to state by some rule.
The gentleman spoke with a set gesture and countenance. Carew.
The town of Berne has handsome fountains planted and set distances from one end of the street to the other. Addison.
9. To regulate or adjust; as, to set a timepiece by the sun.
He sets judgement by his passion. Prior.
10. To fit to music; to adapt with notes; as, to set the words of a psalm to music.
Set thy own songs, and sing them to they lute. Dryden.
11. To pitch; to begin to sing in public.
He set the hundredth psalm. Spectator.
12. To plant, as a shrub, tree or vegetable.
13. To variegate, intersperse or adorn with something fixed; to stud; as, to set any thing with diamonds or pearls.
High on their heads, with jewels richly set,
Each lady wore a radiant coronet. Dryden.
14. To return to its proper place or state; to replace; to reduce from dislocated or fractured state; as, to set a bone or a leg.
15. To fix; to place; as the heart or affections.
Set your affections on things above. Colossians 3.
-Minds altogether set on trade and profit. Addison.
16. To fix firmly; to predetermine.
The heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Ecclesiastes 8.
Hence we say, a thing is done of set purpose; a man is set, that is, firm or obstinate in his opinion or way.
17. To fix by appointment; to appoint; to assign; as, to set a time for meeting; to set an hour or day.
18. To place or station; to appoint to a particular duty.
Am I a sea or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me.
19. To stake at play. [Little used.]
20. To offer a wager at dice to another. [Little used.]
21. To fix in metal.
And him to rich a jewel to be set
In vulgar metal for a vulgar use. Dryden.
22. To fix; to cause to stop; to obstruct; as, to set a coach in the mire. The wagon or the team was set at the hill. In some of the states, stall is used in a like sense.
23. To embarrass; to perplex.
They are hard set to represent the bill as a grievance. Addison.
24. To put in good order; to fix for use; to bring to a fine edge; as, to set a razor.
25. To loose and extend; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship.
26. To point out without noise or disturbance; as, a dog sets birds.
27. To oppose.
Will you set your wit to a fool's? Shak.
28. To prepare with runnet for cheese; as, to set milk.
29. To dim; to darken or extinguish.
Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age. 1 Kings 19.
To set by the compass, among seamen, to observe the bearing or situation of a distant object by the compass.
To set about, to begin, as an action or enterprise; to apply to. He has planned his enterprise, and he will soon setabout it.
To set one's self against, to place in a state of emnity or opposition.
The king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day. Ezek 24.
To set against, to oppose, to set in comparison, or to oppose as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one thing against another; or to set off one thing against another.
To set aside, to omit for the present; to lay out of the question.
Setting aside all other considerations, I will endeavor to know the truth and yield to that. Tillotson.
2. To reject.
I embrace that of the deluge, and set aside all the rest. Woodward.
3. To annul; to vacate. The court set aside the verdict or the judgement.
To set abroach, to spread.
To set a-going, to cause to begin to move.
To set by, to set apart or on on side; to reject. [In this sense, by is emphatical.]
2. To esteem; to regard; to value. [In this sense, set is pronounced with more emphasis than by.]
To set down, to place upon the ground or floor.
2. To enter in writing; to register.
Some rules were to be set down for the government of the army. Clarendon.
3. To explain or relate in writing.
4. To fix on a resolve. [Little used.]
5. To fix; to establish; to ordain.
This law we may name eternal, being that order which God hathset down with himself for himself to do all things by. Hooker.
To set forth, to manifest; to offer our present to view.
2. To publish; to promulgate; to make appear.
3. To send out; to prepare and send.
The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty galleys, set forth by the Venetians.
Obs. Knolles.
4. To display; to exhibit; to present to view; to show.
To set forward, to advance; to move on; also, to promote.
To set in, to put in the way to begin.
If you please to assist and set me in, I will recollect myself. Collier.
To set off, to adorn; to decorate; to embellish.
They set off the worst faces with the best airs. Addison.
2. To give a pompus or flattering description of; to eulogize; to recommend; as, to set off a character.
3. To place against as an equivalent; as, to set off one man's services against another's.
4. To separate or assign for a particular purpose; as, to set off a portion of an estate.
To set on or upon, to incite; to instigate; to animate to action.
Thou, traitor, hast set on thy wife to this. Shak.
2. To assault or attack; seldom used transitively, but the passive form is often used.
Alphonsus- was set upon by a Turkish pirate and taken. Knolles.
3. To employ, as in a task.
Set on thy wife to observe. Shak.
4. To fix the attention; to determine to any thing withsettled purpose.
It becomes a true lover to have your own heart more set upon her good than your own. Sidney.
To set out, to assign; to allot; as, to set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an estate; to set out the widow's thirds.
2. To publish. [Not elegant nor common.]
3. To mark by boundaries or distinctions of space.
-Determinate portions of those infinite abysses of space and duration, set out, or supposed to be distinguished from all the rest by known boundaries. Locke.
4. To adorn; to embellish.
An ugly woman in a rich habit, set out with jewels, nothing can become.
Dryden.
5. To raise, equip and send forth; to furnish.
The Venetians pretend they could set out, in case of great necessity, thirty men of war. [Not elegant and little used.] Addison.
6. To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.
I could set out that best side of Luther. Atterbury.
7. To show; to prove.
Those very reasons set out how hainous his sin was. [Little used and not elegant.] Atterbury.
8. In law, to recite; to state at large.
To set up, to erect; as, to set up a building; to set up a post, a wall a pillar.
2. To begin a new institution; to institute; to establish; to found; as, to set up a manufactory; to set up a school.
3. To enable to commence a new business; as, to set up a son in trade.
4. To raise; to exalt; to put in power; as, to set up the throne of David over Israel.
5. To place in view; as, to set up a mark.
6. To raise; to utter loudly; as, to set up the voice.
I'll set up such a note as she shall hear. Dryden.
7. To advance; to propose as truth or for reception; as, to set up a new opinion or doctrine.
8. To raise from depression or to a sufficient fortune. This good fortune quite set him up.
9. In seamen's language, to extend, as the shrouds, stays, etc.
To set at naught, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise.
Ye have set at naught all my counsel. Proverbs 1.
To set in order, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method.
The rest will I set in order when I come. 1 Corinthians 11.
To set eyes on, to see; to behold; or to fix the eyes in looking on.
To set the teeth on edge, to affect the teeth with painful sensation.
To set over, to appoint or constitute supervisor, inspector, ruler or commander.
2. To assign; to transfer; to convey.
To set right, to correct; to put in order.
To set at ease, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the heart at ease.
To set free, to release from confinement, imprisonment or bondage; to liberate; to emancipate.
To set at work, to cause to enter on work or action; or to direct how to enter on work.
To set on fire, to communicate fire to; to inflame; and figuratively, to enkindle the passions; to make rage; to irritate; to fill with disorder.
To set before, to offer; to propose; to present to view.
To set a trap, snare or gin, to place in a situation to catch prey; to spread; figuratively, to lay a plan to deceive and draw into the power of another.
SET, v.i.
1. To decline; to go down; to pass below the horizin; as, the sun sets; the stars set.
2. To be fixed hard; to be close or firm.
3. To fit music to words.
4. To congeal or concrete.
That fluid in a few minutes begins to set. Boyle.
5. To begin a journey. The king is set from London. [This is obsolete. We now say, to set out.]
6. To plant; as,"to sow dry, and to set wet."
7. To flow; to have a certain direction in motion; as, the tide sets to the east or north; the current sets westward.
8. To catch birds with a dog that sets them, that is, one that lies down and points them out, and with a large net.
To set one's self about, to begin; to enter upon; to take the first steps.
To set one's self, to apply one's self.
To set about, to fall on; to begin; to take the first steps in a business or enterprise.
To set in, to begin. Winter in New England, usually sets in
2. To become settled in a particular state.
When the weather was set in to be very bad. Addison.
To set forward, to move or march; to begin to march; to advance.
The sons of Aaron and the sons of Merari set forward. Numbers 10.
To set on, or upon, to begin a journey or an enterprise.
He that would seriously set upon the search of truth- Locke.
2. To assault; to make an attack.
To set out, to begin a journey or course; as, to set out for London or from London; to set out in business; to set out in life or in the world.
2. To have a beginning.
To set to, to apply one's self to.
To set up, to begin business or a scheme of life; as, to set up in trade; to set up for one's self.
2. To profess openly; to make pretensions. He sets up for a man of wit; he sets up to teach morality.
SET, pp.
1. Placed; put; located; fixed; adjusted; composed; studded or adorned; reduced, as a dislocated or broken bone.
2. a. Regular; uniform; formal; as a set speech or phrase; a set discourse; a set battle.
3. Fixed in opinion; determined; firm; obstinate; as a man set in his opinions or way.
4. Established; prescribed; as set forms of prayer.
SET, n.
1. A number or collection of things of the same kind and of similar form, which are ordinarily used together; as a set of chairs; a set of tea cups; a set of China or other ware.
2. A number of things fitted to be used together, though different in form; as a set of dining tables.
3. A number of persons customarily or officialy associated, as a set of men, a set of officers; or a number of persons having a simlitude of character, or of things which have some resemblance or relation to each other. Hence our common phrase, a set of opinions.
This falls into different divisions or sets of nations connected under particular religions, etc. Ward's Law of Nations.
4. A number of particular things that are united in the formation of a whole; as a set of features.
5. A young plant for growth; as sets of white thorn or other shrub.
6. The descent of the sun or other other below the horizon; as the set of the sun.
7. A wager at dice.
That was but civil war, an equal set. Dryden.
8. A game.
We will, in france, play a set
Shall strike his father's crown into the hazard. Shak.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed; "in no fit state to continue"; "fit to drop"; "laughing fit to burst"; "she was fit to scream"; "primed for a fight"; "we are set to go at any time" [syn: fit, primed, set]
2: fixed and unmoving; "with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"- Connor Cruise O'Brien; "a face rigid with pain" [syn: fixed, set, rigid]
3: situated in a particular spot or position; "valuable centrally located urban land"; "strategically placed artillery"; "a house set on a hilltop"; "nicely situated on a quiet riverbank" [syn: located, placed, set, situated]
4: set down according to a plan:"a carefully laid table with places set for four people"; "stones laid in a pattern" [syn: laid, set]
5: being below the horizon; "the moon is set"
6: determined or decided upon as by an authority; "date and place are already determined"; "the dictated terms of surrender"; "the time set for the launching" [syn: determined, dictated, set]
7: converted to solid form (as concrete) [syn: hardened, set] n
1: a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth"
2: (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols; "the set of prime numbers is infinite"
3: several exercises intended to be done in series; "he did four sets of the incline bench press" [syn: set, exercise set]
4: representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production; "the sets were meticulously authentic" [syn: stage set, set]
5: an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" [syn: set, circle, band, lot]
6: a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way; "the set of his mind was obvious" [syn: bent, set]
7: the act of putting something in position; "he gave a final set to his hat"
8: a unit of play in tennis or squash; "they played two sets of tennis after dinner"
9: the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization; "the hardening of concrete"; "he tested the set of the glue" [syn: hardening, solidifying, solidification, set, curing]
10: evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris [syn: Set, Seth]
11: the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon; "before the set of sun"
12: (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way; "the subjects' set led them to solve problems the familiar way and to overlook the simpler solution"; "his instructions deliberately gave them the wrong set" [syn: set, readiness]
13: any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals; "the early sets ran on storage batteries" v
1: put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" [syn: put, set, place, pose, position, lay]
2: fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules" [syn: determine, set]
3: decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters" [syn: specify, set, determine, define, fix, limit]
4: establish as the highest level or best performance; "set a record" [syn: set, mark]
5: put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state; "set the house afire"
6: fix in a border; "The goldsmith set the diamond"
7: make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill" [syn: fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set]
8: set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly; "set clocks or instruments"
9: locate; "The film is set in Africa" [syn: set, localize, localise, place]
10: disappear beyond the horizon; "the sun sets early these days" [syn: set, go down, go under] [ant: ascend, come up, rise, uprise]
11: adapt for performance in a different way; "set this poem to music" [syn: arrange, set]
12: put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground; "Let's plant flowers in the garden" [syn: plant, set]
13: apply or start; "set fire to a building"
14: become gelatinous; "the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme" [syn: jell, set, congeal]
15: set in type; "My book will be typeset nicely"; "set these words in italics" [syn: typeset, set]
16: put into a position that will restore a normal state; "set a broken bone"
17: insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink) [syn: set, countersink]
18: give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
19: urge to attack someone; "The owner sicked his dogs on the intruders"; "the shaman sics sorcerers on the evil spirits" [syn: sic, set]
20: estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M." [syn: place, put, set]
21: equip with sails or masts; "rig a ship" [syn: rig, set, set up]
22: get ready for a particular purpose or event; "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery" [syn: set up, lay out, set]
23: alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" [syn: adjust, set, correct]
24: bear fruit; "the apple trees fructify" [syn: fructify, set]
25: arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" [syn: dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (set; setting) Etymology: Middle English setten, from Old English settan; akin to Old High German sezzen to set, Old English sittan to sit Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to cause to sit ; place in or on a seat 2. a. to put (a fowl) on eggs to hatch them b. to put (eggs) for hatching under a fowl or into an incubator 3. to place (oneself) in position to start running in a race 4. a. to place with care or deliberate purpose and with relative stability <set a ladder against the wall> <set a stone on the grave> b. transplant 1 <set seedlings> c. (1) to make (as a trap) ready to catch prey (2) to fix (a hook) firmly into the jaw of a fish d. to put aside (as dough containing yeast) for fermenting 5. to direct with fixed attention <set your mind to it> 6. a. to cause to assume a specified condition, relation, or occupation <slaves were set free> <set the house on fire> b. to cause the start of <set a fire> 7. a. to appoint or assign to an office or duty b. post, station 8. to cause to assume a specified posture or position <set the door ajar> 9. a. to fix as a distinguishing imprint, sign, or appearance <the years have set their mark on him> b. affix c. apply <set a match to kindling> 10. to fix or decide on as a time, limit, or regulation ; prescribe <set a wedding day> <set the rules for the game> 11. a. to establish as the highest level or best performance <set a record for the half mile> b. to furnish as a pattern or model <set an example of generosity> c. to allot as a task <setting lessons for the children to work upon at home — Manchester Examiner> 12. a. to adjust (a device and especially a measuring device) to a desired position <set the alarm for
7:00> <set a thermostat at 68>; also to adjust (as a clock) in conformity with a standard b. to restore to normal position or connection when dislocated or fractured <set a broken bone> c. to spread to the wind <set the sails> 13. a. to put in order for use <set a place for a guest> b. to make scenically ready for a performance <set the stage> c. (1) to arrange (type) for printing <set type by hand> (2) to put into type or its equivalent (as on film) <set the first word in italic> 14. a. to put a fine edge on by grinding or honing <set a razor> b. to bend slightly the tooth points of (a saw) alternately in opposite directions c. to sink (the head of a nail) below the surface 15. to fix in a desired position (as by heating or stretching) 16. to arrange (hair) in a desired style by using implements (as curlers, rollers, or clips) and gels or lotions 17. a. to adorn with something affixed or infixed ; stud, dot <clear sky set with stars> b. to fix (as a precious stone) in a border of metal ; place in a setting 18. a. to hold something in regard or esteem at the rate of <sets a great deal by daily exercise> b. to place in a relative rank or category <set duty before pleasure> c. to fix at a certain amount <set bail at $500> d. value, rate <their promises were set at naught> e. to place as an estimate of worth <set a high value on life> 19. to place in relation for comparison or balance <theory set against practice> 20. a. to direct to action b. to incite to attack or antagonism <war sets brother against brother> 21. a. to place by transporting <was set ashore on the island> b. to put in motion c. to put and fix in a direction <set our faces toward home once more> d. of a dog to point out the position of (game) by holding a fixed attitude 22. to defeat (an opponent or a contract) in bridge 23. a. to fix firmly ; make immobile ; give rigid form or condition to <set her jaw in determination> b. to make unyielding or obstinate 24. to cause to become firm or solid <set milk for cheese> 25. to cause (as fruit or seed) to develop intransitive verb 1. chiefly dialect sit 2. to be becoming ; be suitable ; fit <the coat sets well> 3. to cover and warm eggs to hatch them 4. a. to affect one with or as if with weight <the pudding sets heavily on my stomach> b. to place oneself in position in preparation for an action (as running) 5. of a plant part to undergo development usually as a result of pollination 6. a. to pass below the horizon ; go down <the sun sets> b. to come to an end <this century sets with little mirth — Thomas Fuller> 7. to apply oneself to some activity <set to work> 8. to have a specified direction in motion ; flow, tend <the wind was setting from Pine Hill to the farm — Esther Forbes> 9. of a dog to indicate the position of game by crouching or pointing 10. to dance face to face with another in a square dance <set to your partner and turn> 11. a. to become solid or thickened by chemical or physical alteration <the cement sets rapidly> b. of a dye or color to become permanent c. of a bone to become whole by growing together II. noun Date: 14th century 1. a. the act or action of setting b. the condition of being set 2. a number of things of the same kind that belong or are used together <an electric train set> 3. a. mental inclination, tendency, or habit ; bent <a set toward mathematics> b. a state of psychological preparedness to perceive or respond to an anticipated stimulus or situation 4. direction of flow <the set of the wind> 5. form or carriage of the body or of its parts <her face took on a cynical set — Raymond Kennedy> 6. the manner of fitting or of being placed or suspended <in order to give the skirt a pretty set — Mary J. Howell> 7. amount of deflection from a straight line <set of a saw's teeth> 8. permanent change of form (as of metal) due to repeated or excessive stress 9. the act or result of arranging hair by curling or waving 10. (also sett) a. a young plant or rooted cutting ready for transplanting b. a small bulb, corm, or tuber or a piece of tuber used for propagation <onion sets> c. the blossoms of a plant that have set fruit as a result of fertilization 11. (or sett) the burrow of a badger 12. the width of the body of a piece of type 13. an artificial setting for a scene of a theatrical or film production 14. (also sett) a rectangular paving stone of sandstone or granite 15. a division of a tennis match won by the side that wins at least six games beating the opponent by two games or by winning a tiebreaker 16. a collection of books or periodicals forming a unit 17. a clutch of eggs 18. the basic formation in a country-dance or square dance 19. a session of music (as jazz or dance music) usually followed by an intermission; also the music played at one session 20. a group of persons associated by common interests 21. a collection of elements and especially mathematical ones (as numbers or points) — called also class 22. an apparatus of electronic components assembled so as to function as a unit <a television set> 23. a usually offensive formation in football or basketball 24. a group of a specific number of repetitions of a particular exercise III. adjective Etymology: Middle English sett, from Old English gesett, past participle of settan Date: 14th century 1. intent, determined <set upon going> 2. intentional, premeditated <did it of set purpose> 3. fixed by authority or appointment ; prescribed, specified <set hours of study> 4. reluctant to change <set in their ways> 5. a. immovable, rigid <set frown> b. built-in <a set tub> 6. settled, persistent <set defiance> 7. being in readiness ; prepared <set for an early morning start>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v. (setting; past and past part. set) 1 tr. put, lay, or stand (a thing) in a certain position or location (set it on the table; set it upright). 2 tr. (foll. by to) apply (one thing) to (another) (set pen to paper). 3 tr. a fix ready or in position. b dispose suitably for use, action, or display. 4 tr. a adjust the hands of (a clock or watch) to show the right time. b adjust (an alarm clock) to sound at the required time. 5 tr. a fix, arrange, or mount. b insert (a jewel) in a ring, framework, etc. 6 tr. make (a device) ready to operate. 7 tr. lay (a table) for a meal. 8 tr. arrange (the hair) while damp so that it dries in the required style. 9 tr. (foll. by with) ornament or provide (a surface, esp. a precious item) (gold set with gems). 10 tr. bring by placing or arranging or other means into a specified state; cause to be (set things in motion; set it on fire). 11 intr. & tr. harden or solidify (the jelly is set; the cement has set). 12 intr. (of the sun, moon, etc.) appear to move towards and below the earth's horizon (as the earth rotates). 13 tr. represent (a story, play, scene, etc.) as happening in a certain time or place. 14 tr. a (foll. by to + infin.) cause or instruct (a person) to perform a specified activity (set them to work). b (foll. by pres. part.) start (a person or thing) doing something (set him chatting; set the ball rolling). 15 tr. present or impose as work to be done or a matter to be dealt with (set them an essay). 16 tr. exhibit as a type or model (set a good example). 17 tr. initiate; take the lead in (set the fashion; set the pace). 18 tr. establish (a record etc.). 19 tr. determine or decide (the itinerary is set). 20 tr. appoint or establish (set them in authority). 21 tr. join, attach, or fasten. 22 tr. a put parts of (a broken or dislocated bone, limb, etc.) into the correct position for healing. b deal with (a fracture or dislocation) in this way. 23 tr. (in full set to music) provide (words etc.) with music for singing. 24 tr. (often foll. by up) Printing a arrange or produce (type or film etc.) as required. b arrange the type or film etc. for (a book etc.). 25 intr. (of a tide, current, etc.) have a certain motion or direction. 26 intr. (of a face) assume a hard expression. 27 tr. a cause (a hen) to sit on eggs. b place (eggs) for a hen to sit on. 28 tr. put (a seed, plant, etc.) in the ground to grow. 29 tr. give the teeth of (a saw) an alternate outward inclination. 30 tr. esp. US start (a fire). 31 intr. (of eyes etc.) become motionless. 32 intr. feel or show a certain tendency (opinion is setting against it). 33 intr. a (of blossom) form into fruit. b (of fruit) develop from blossom. c (of a tree) develop fruit. 34 intr. (in full set to partner) (of a dancer) take a position facing one's partner. 35 intr. (of a hunting dog) take a rigid attitude indicating the presence of game. 36 intr. dial. or sl. sit. Phrases and idioms: set about 1 begin or take steps towards. 2 colloq. attack. set (a person or thing) against (another) 1 consider or reckon (a thing) as a counterpoise or compensation for. 2 cause to oppose. set apart separate, reserve, differentiate. set aside see ASIDE. set back 1 place further back in place or time. 2 impede or reverse the progress of. 3 colloq. cost (a person) a specified amount. set-back n. 1 a reversal or arrest of progress. 2 a relapse. set by archaic save for future use. set down 1 record in writing. 2 allow to alight from a vehicle. 3 (foll. by to) attribute to. 4 (foll. by as) explain or describe to oneself as. set eyes on see EYE. set one's face against see FACE. set foot on (or in) see FOOT. set forth 1 begin a journey. 2 make known; expound. set forward begin to advance. set free release. set one's hand to see HAND. set one's heart (or hopes) on want or hope for eagerly. set in 1 (of weather, a condition, etc.) begin (and seem likely to continue), become established. 2 insert (esp. a sleeve etc. into a garment). set little by consider to be of little value. set a person's mind at rest see MIND. set much by consider to be of much value. set off 1 begin a journey. 2 detonate (a bomb etc.). 3 initiate, stimulate. 4 cause (a person) to start laughing, talking, etc. 5 serve as an adornment or foil to; enhance. 6 (foll. by against) use as a compensating item. set-off n. 1 a thing set off against another. 2 a thing of which the amount or effect may be deducted from that of another or opposite tendency. 3 a counterpoise. 4 a counter-claim. 5 a thing that embellishes; an adornment to something. 6 Printing = OFFSET 7. set on (or upon) 1 attack violently. 2 cause or urge to attack. set out 1 begin a journey. 2 (foll. by to + infin.) aim or intend. 3 demonstrate, arrange, or exhibit. 4 mark out. 5 declare. set sail 1 hoist the sails. 2 begin a voyage. set the scene see SCENE. set store by (or on) see STORE. set one's teeth 1 clench them. 2 summon one's resolve. set to begin doing something vigorously, esp. fighting, arguing, or eating. set-to n. (pl. -tos) colloq. a fight or argument. set up 1 place in position or view. 2 organize or start (a business etc.). 3 establish in some capacity. 4 supply the needs of. 5 begin making (a loud sound). 6 cause or make arrangements for (a condition or situation). 7 prepare (a task etc. for another). 8 restore or enhance the health of (a person). 9 establish (a record). 10 propound (a theory). 11 colloq. put (a person) in a dangerous or vulnerable position. set-up n. 1 an arrangement or organization. 2 the manner or structure or position of this. set oneself up as make pretensions to being. Etymology: OE settan f. Gmc 2. n. 1 a number of things or persons that belong together or resemble one another or are usually found together. 2 a collection or group. 3 a section of society consorting together or having similar interests etc. 4 a collection of implements, vessels, etc., regarded collectively and needed for a specified purpose (cricket set; teaset; a set of teeth). 5 a piece of electric or electronic apparatus, esp. a radio or television receiver. 6 (in tennis etc.) a group of games counting as a unit towards a match for the player or side that wins a defined number or proportion of the games. 7 Math. & Logic a collection of distinct entities, individually specified or satisfying specified conditions, forming a unit. 8 a group of pupils or students having the same average ability. 9 a a slip, shoot, bulb, etc., for planting. b a young fruit just set. 10 a a habitual posture or conformation; the way the head etc. is carried or a dress etc. flows. b (also dead set) a setter's pointing in the presence of game. 11 the way, drift, or tendency (of a current, public opinion, state of mind, etc.) (the set of public feeling is against it). 12 the way in which a machine, device, etc., is set or adjusted. 13 esp. Austral. & NZ colloq. a grudge. 14 a the alternate outward deflection of the teeth of a saw. b the amount of this. 15 the last coat of plaster on a wall. 16 Printing a the amount of spacing in type controlling the distance between letters. b the width of a piece of type. 17 a warp or bend or displacement caused by continued pressure or a continued position. 18 a setting, including stage furniture etc., for a play or film etc. 19 a sequence of songs or pieces performed in jazz or popular music. 20 the setting of the hair when damp. 21 (also sett) a badger's burrow. 22 (also sett) a granite paving-block. 23 a predisposition or expectation influencing a response. 24 a number of people making up a square dance. Phrases and idioms: make a dead set at 1 make a determined attack on. 2 seek to win the affections of. set point Tennis etc. 1 the state of a game when one side needs only one more point to win the set. 2 this point. set theory the branch of mathematics concerned with the manipulation of sets. Etymology: sense 1 (and related senses) f. OF sette f. L secta SECT: other senses f. SET(1) 3. adj. 1 in senses of SET(1). 2 prescribed or determined in advance. 3 fixed, unchanging, unmoving. 4 (of a phrase or speech etc.) having invariable or predetermined wording; not extempore. 5 prepared for action. 6 (foll. by on, upon) determined to acquire or achieve etc. 7 (of a book etc.) specified for reading in preparation for an examination. 8 (of a meal) served according to a fixed menu. Phrases and idioms: set fair (of the weather) fine without a sign of breaking. set phrase an invariable or usual arrangement of words. set piece 1 a formal or elaborate arrangement, esp. in art or literature. 2 fireworks arranged on scaffolding etc. set screw a screw for adjusting or clamping parts of a machine. set scrum Rugby Football a scrum ordered by the referee. set square a right-angled triangular plate for drawing lines, esp. at 90°, 45°, 60°, or 30°. Etymology: past part. of SET(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Set Set (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Set; p. pr. & vb. n. Setting.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s["a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root of E. sit. [root]154. See Sit, and cf. Seize.] 1. To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest or trunk on its bottom or on end. I do set my bow in the cloud. --Gen. ix. 13. 2. Hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place. Set your affection on things above. --Col. iii. 2. The Lord set a mark upon Cain. --Gen. iv. 15. 3. To make to assume specified place, condition, or occupation; to put in a certain condition or state (described by the accompanying words); to cause to be. The Lord thy God will set thee on high. --Deut. xxviii. 1. I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother. --Matt. x. 35. Every incident sets him thinking. --Coleridge. 4. To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or condition to. Specifically: (a) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass; as, to set a coach in the mud. They show how hard they are set in this particular. --Addison. (b) To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance. His eyes were set by reason of his age. --1 Kings xiv. 4. On these three objects his heart was set. --Macaulay. Make my heart as a millstone, set my face as a flint. --Tennyson. (c) To fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant; as, to set pear trees in an orchard. (d) To fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass in a sash. And him too rich a jewel to be set In vulgar metal for a vulgar use. --Dryden. (e) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese. 5. To put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to regulate; to adapt. Specifically:

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Set Set (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Set; p. pr. & vb. n. Setting.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s["a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root of E. sit. [root]154. See Sit, and cf. Seize.] 1. To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest or trunk on its bottom or on end. I do set my bow in the cloud. --Gen. ix. 13. 2. Hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place. Set your affection on things above. --Col. iii. 2. The Lord set a mark upon Cain. --Gen. iv. 15. 3. To make to assume specified place, condition, or occupation; to put in a certain condition or state (described by the accompanying words); to cause to be. The Lord thy God will set thee on high. --Deut. xxviii. 1. I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother. --Matt. x. 35. Every incident sets him thinking. --Coleridge. 4. To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or condition to. Specifically: (a) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass; as, to set a coach in the mud. They show how hard they are set in this particular. --Addison. (b) To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance. His eyes were set by reason of his age. --1 Kings xiv. 4. On these three objects his heart was set. --Macaulay. Make my heart as a millstone, set my face as a flint. --Tennyson. (c) To fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant; as, to set pear trees in an orchard. (d) To fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass in a sash. And him too rich a jewel to be set In vulgar metal for a vulgar use. --Dryden. (e) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese. 5. To put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to regulate; to adapt. Specifically:

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Set Set (s[e^]t), v. i. 1. To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end. Ere the weary sun set in the west. --Shak. Thus this century sets with little mirth, and the next is likely to arise with more mourning. --Fuller. 2. To fit music to words. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant. ``To sow dry, and set wet.'' --Old Proverb. 4. 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). 5. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened. A gathering and serring of the spirits together to resist, maketh the teeth to set hard one against another. --Bacon. 6. To congeal; to concrete; to solidify. That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set. --Boyle. 7. To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward. 8. To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; -- now followed by out. The king is set from London. --Shak. 9. To indicate the position of game; -- said of a dog; as, the dog sets well; also, to hunt game by the aid of a setter. 10. To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now followed by out. If he sets industriously and sincerely to perform the commands of Christ, he can have no ground of doubting but it shall prove successful to him. --Hammond. 11. To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well. Note: [Colloquially used, but improperly, for sit.] Note: The use of the verb set for sit in such expressions as, the hen is setting on thirteen eggs; a setting hen, etc., although colloquially common, and sometimes tolerated in serious writing, is not to be approved. To set about, to commence; to begin. To set forward, to move or march; to begin to march; to advance. To set forth, to begin a journey. To set in. (a) To begin; to enter upon a particular state; as, winter set in early. (b) To settle one's self; to become established. ``When the weather was set in to be very bad.'' --Addison. (c) To flow toward the shore; -- said of the tide. To set off. (a) To enter upon a journey; to start. (b) (Typog.) To deface or soil the next sheet; -- said of the ink on a freshly printed sheet, when another sheet comes in contact with it before it has had time to dry. To set on or upon. (a) To begin, as a journey or enterprise; to set about. He that would seriously set upon the search of truth. --Locke. (b) To assault; to make an attack. --Bacon. Cassio hath here been set on in the dark. --Shak. To set out, to begin a journey or course; as, to set out for London, or from London; to set out in business;to set out in life or the world. To set to, to apply one's self to. To set up. (a) To begin business or a scheme of life; as, to set up in trade; to set up for one's self. (b) To profess openly; to make pretensions. Those men who set up for mortality without regard to religion, are generally but virtuous in part. --Swift.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Set Set, a. 1. Fixed in position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance. 2. Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices. 3. Regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle. ``The set phrase of peace.'' --Shak. 4. Established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer. 5. Adjusted; arranged; formed; adapted. Set hammer. (a) A hammer the head of which is not tightly fastened upon the handle, but may be reversed. --Knight. (b) A hammer with a concave face which forms a die for shaping anything, as the end of a bolt, rivet, etc. Set line, a line to which a number of baited hooks are attached, and which, supported by floats and properly secured, may be left unguarded during the absence of the fisherman. Set nut, a jam nut or lock nut. See under Nut. Set screw (Mach.), a screw, sometimes cupped or printed at one end, and screwed through one part, as of a machine, tightly upon another part, to prevent the one from slipping upon the other. Set speech, a speech carefully prepared before it is delivered in public; a formal or methodical speech.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Set Set, n. 1. The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination. ``Locking at the set of day.'' --Tennyson. The weary sun hath made a golden set. --Shak. 2. That which is set, placed, or fixed. Specifically: (a) A young plant for growth; as, a set of white thorn. (b) That which is staked; a wager; a venture; a stake; hence, a game at venture. [Obs. or R.] We will in France, by God's grace, play a set Shall strike his father's crown into the hazard. --Shak. That was but civil war, an equal set. --Dryden. (c) (Mech.) Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring. (d) A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set. (e) (Pile Driving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot be reached by the weight, or hammer, except by means of such an intervening piece. [Often incorrectly written sett.] (f) (Carp.) A short steel spike used for driving the head of a nail below the surface. 3. [Perhaps due to confusion with sect, sept.] A number of things of the same kind, ordinarily used or classed together; a collection of articles which naturally complement each other, and usually go together; an assortment; a suit; as, a set of chairs, of china, of surgical or mathematical instruments, of books, etc. [In this sense, sometimes incorrectly written sett.] 4. A number of persons associated by custom, office, common opinion, quality, or the like; a division; a group; a clique. ``Others of our set.'' --Tennyson. This falls into different divisions, or sets, of nations connected under particular religions. --R. P. Ward. 5. Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current. 6. In dancing, the number of persons necessary to execute a quadrille; also, the series of figures or movements executed. 7. The deflection of a tooth, or of the teeth, of a saw, which causes the the saw to cut a kerf, or make an opening, wider than the blade. 8. (a) A young oyster when first attached. (b) Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality. 9. (Tennis) A series of as many games as may be necessary to enable one side to win six. If at the end of the tenth game the score is a tie, the set is usually called a deuce set, and decided by an application of the rules for playing off deuce in a game. See Deuce. 10. (Type Founding) That dimension of the body of a type called by printers the width. Dead set. (a) The act of a setter dog when it discovers the game, and remains intently fixed in pointing it out. (b) A fixed or stationary condition arising from obstacle or hindrance; a deadlock; as, to be at a dead set. (c) A concerted scheme to defraud by gaming; a determined onset. To make a dead set, to make a determined onset, literally or figuratively. Syn: Collection; series; group. See Pair.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Set Set, n. 1. (Textiles) Any of various standards of measurement of the fineness of cloth; specif., the number of reeds in one inch and the number of threads in each reed. The exact meaning varies according to the location where it is used. Sometimes written sett. 2. A stone, commonly of granite, shaped like a short brick and usually somewhat larger than one, used for street paving. Commonly written sett. 3. Camber of a curved roofing tile. 4. The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit; as, the set of a coat. [Colloq.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

I. NOUN USES (sets) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A set of things is a number of things that belong together or that are thought of as a group. There must be one set of laws for the whole of the country... I might need a spare set of clothes... The computer repeats a set of calculations... Only she and Mr Cohen had complete sets of keys to the shop... The mattress and base are normally bought as a set. ...a chess set. N-COUNT: oft N of n 2. In tennis, a set is one of the groups of six or more games that form part of a match. Graf was leading 5-1 in the first set. N-COUNT: oft supp N 3. In mathematics, a set is a group of mathematical quantities that have some characteristic in common. N-COUNT 4. A band's or musician's set is the group of songs or tunes that they perform at a concert. The band continued with their set after a short break... N-COUNT 5. You can refer to a group of people as a set if they meet together socially or have the same interests and lifestyle. He belonged to what the press called 'The Chelsea Set'. N-SING: supp N see also jet set 6. The set for a play, film, or television show is the furniture and scenery that is on the stage when the play is being performed or in the studio where filming takes place. From the first moment he got on the set, he wanted to be a director too... ...his stage sets for the Folies Bergeres. N-COUNT: also on/off N 7. The set of someone's face or part of their body is the way that it is fixed in a particular expression or position, especially one that shows determination. Matt looked at Hugh and saw the stubbornness in the set of his shoulders... N-SING: usu the N of n 8. A set is an appliance. For example, a television set is a television. Children spend so much time in front of the television set... N-COUNT: oft supp N II. VERB AND ADJECTIVE USES (sets, setting) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form 'set' is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle of the verb. Please look at category 25 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword. 1. If you set something somewhere, you put it there, especially in a careful or deliberate way. He took the case out of her hand and set it on the floor... When he set his glass down he spilled a little drink. = put, place VERB: V n prep, V n with adv 2. If something is set in a particular place or position, it is in that place or position. The castle is set in 25 acres of beautiful grounds... = situated ADJ: v-link ADJ prep/adv 3. If something is set into a surface, it is fixed there and does not stick out. The man unlocked a gate set in a high wall and let me through... ADJ: v-link ADJ prep/adv 4. You can use set to say that a person or thing causes another person or thing to be in a particular condition or situation. For example, to set someone free means to cause them to be free, and to set something going means to cause it to start working. Set the kitchen timer going... A phrase from the conference floor set my mind wandering... Dozens of people have been injured and many vehicles set on fire... Churchill immediately set into motion a daring plan. VERB: V n -ing, V n -ing, be V-ed adj/adv, V n with prep 5. When you set a clock or control, you adjust it to a particular point or level. Set the volume as high as possible... I forgot to set my alarm and I overslept. VERB: V n adv/prep, V n 6. If you set a date, price, goal, or level, you decide what it will be. The conference chairman has set a deadline of noon tomorrow... A date will be set for a future meeting... VERB: V n, V n 7. If you set a certain value on something, you think it has that value. She sets a high value on autonomy... VERB: V n on n/-ing 8. If you set something such as a record, an example, or a precedent, you do something that people will want to copy or try to achieve. Legal experts said her case would not set a precedent because it was an out-of-court settlement... A new world marathon record of 2 hrs, 8 min, 5 sec, was set by Stephen Jones of Great Britain... VERB: V n, V n 9. If someone sets you a task or aim or if you set yourself a task or aim, you need to succeed in doing it. I have to plan my academic work very rigidly and set myself clear objectives... VERB: V n n 10. To set an examination or a question paper means to decide what questions will be asked in it. (BRIT; in AM, usually use make up) He broke with the tradition of setting examinations in Latin. VERB: V n 11. You use set to describe something which is fixed and cannot be changed. Investors can apply for a package of shares at a set price... ADJ: usu ADJ n 12. A set book must be studied by students taking a particular course. (BRIT; in AM, use required) One of the set books is Jane Austen's Emma. ADJ: ADJ n 13. If a play, film, or story is set in a particular place or period of time, the events in it take place in that place or period. The play is set in a small Midwestern town. ADJ: v-link ADJ prep/adv 14. If you are set to do something, you are ready to do it or are likely to do it. If something is set to happen, it is about to happen or likely to happen. Roberto Baggio was set to become one of the greatest players of all time... ADJ: v-link ADJ to-inf 15. If you are set on something, you are strongly determined to do or have it. If you are set against something, you are strongly determined not to do or have it. She was set on going to an all-girls school... ADJ: v-link ADJ on/against n/-ing 16. If you set your face or jaw, you put on a fixed expression of determination. Instead, she set her jaw grimly and waited in silence... VERB: V n 17. When something such as jelly, melted plastic, or cement sets, it becomes firm or hard. You can add ingredients to these desserts as they begin to set... VERB: V 18. When the sun sets, it goes below the horizon. They watched the sun set behind the distant dales. ...the red glow of the setting sun. VERB: V, V-ing 19. To set a trap means to prepare it to catch someone or something. He seemed to think I was setting some sort of trap for him... VERB: V n for n 20. When someone sets the table, they prepare it for a meal by putting plates and cutlery on it. = lay VERB 21. If someone sets a poem or a piece of writing to music, they write music for the words to be sung to. He has attracted much interest by setting ancient religious texts to music. VERB: V n to n 22. see also setting, set-to 23. If someone sets the scene or sets the stage for an event to take place, they make preparations so that it can take place. The Democrat convention has set the scene for a ferocious election campaign this autumn... PHRASE: V inflects 24. If you say that someone is set in their ways, you are being critical of the fact that they have fixed habits and ideas which they will not easily change, even though they may be old-fashioned. PHRASE: V inflects [disapproval] 25. to set eyes on something: see eye to set fire to something: see fire to set foot somewhere: see foot to set your heart on something: see heart to set sail: see sail to set great store by or on something: see store to set to work: see work

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Few words in the English language have such a rich variety of meaning and are used in so rich a variety of idiomatic expression as the word "set." A glance at any of the great dictionaries will convince anyone of the truth of this statement. The Standard Dictionary devotes three and a half columns to the word. In its primary meaning it there denotes 22 distinct things, in its secondary meaning 17 more, while 18 distinct phrases are given in which it is used, in some cases again in a variety of meanings. It is indeed a word calculated to drive a foreigner to despair. Some 70 Hebrew and about 30 Greek words in the original tongues of the Holy Scriptures have been rendered by the word "set," in the King James Version and also in the Revised Version (British and American). A careful comparative study of the original and of translations in other tongues will at once indicate that a lack of discrimination is evident on the part of the English translators in the frequent use of the word "set."

Thus in So 5:14, "hands are as rings of gold set with beryl," the Hebrew word is male', "to be filled," "full." Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) translates plenae, the Dutch gevuld, the German voll; Pr 8:27, "when he set a circle," Hebrew chaqaq, "to describe," "decree," Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) vallabat, Dutch beschreef; Ezr 4:10, "set in the city of Samaria," Aramaic yethibh, "to cause to sit down," "to cause to dwell," Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) habitare eas fecit, Dutch doen wonen; Ps 2:6, "Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill," Hebrew nacakh, "to pour out," "to anoint," Dutch gezalfd; Isa 19:2, the King James Version "I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians," Hebrew cakhakh, "to disturb," "to confuse," Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) concurrere faciam,, Dutch verwarren, German an einander setzen; Re 3:8, "I have, set before thee a door," Greek didomi, "to give," Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) dedi coram te, Dutch gegeven, German gegeben; Ac 19:27, the King James Version "Our craft is in danger to be set at nought," Greek erchomai, "to come," Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) periclitabitur, Dutch in verachting komen; Lu 4:18, "to set at liberty them," Greek apostello, "to send away," Dutch heen te zenden in vrijheid; Ac 13:9, the King James Version "Saul .... set his eyes on him," Greek atenizo, "to stare fixedly," Vulgate: intuens in eum, Dutch de oogen op hem houdende. These are but a few examples chosen at random where our English translators have rendered Hebrew and Greek words by "set," where a more literal translation, in equally good idiomatic language, was possible. The word "set" is the causative of "sit," and indicates primarily a power of self-support, in opposition to the idea of the word "lay."

(1) In its primary meaning the word "set" is used in our English Bible in many senses:

(a) Foundation: So 5:15, "His legs are as pillars of marble set upon."

(b) Direction: Eze 21:16, "whithersoever thy face is set."

(c) Appointed time: Ac 12:21, "upon a set day."

(d) Fixed place: 2Ch 20:17, "Set yourselves, stand ye still, and see"; 2Sa 6:17; Mt 4:5.

(e) Cause to sit: 1Sa 2:8, the King James Version "to set them among princes"; 2Ch 23:20; Ps 68:6.

(f) Appointment: Ezr 7:25, the King James Version "set magistrates and judges"; Ge 41:41; 1Sa 12:13; Ps 2:6; Da 1:11. (g) To lift up: Ge 31:17, "set his sons and his wives upon."

(h) Appointed place: Ge 1:17, "God set them in the firmament."

(i) Cause to stand: Ge 47:7, "Joseph brought in Jacob .... and set him before Pharaoh"; Nu 8:13; 2Ch 29:25.

(j) Sitting: Mt 5:1, the King James Version "when he was set"; Heb 8:1 the King James Version.

(k) Location: Mt 5:14, "a city set on a hill." These by no means exhaust the meaning which the word, in its primary sense, has in our English Bible.

(2) In a secondary or tropical sense it is used with equal frequency, usually with various prepositions. Thus,

(a) To attack: Jud 9:33, the King James Version "and set upon the city."

(b) To imprint: Ge 4:15, the King James Version "The Lord set a mark upon Cain."

(c) To direct to: 1Ki 2:15, "And that all Israel set their faces on me."

(d) To place: 1Ki 20:12, Ben-hadad shouted one word to his allies: "Set," i.e. set the armies in array, the battering-rams and engines of attack in their place.

(e) To incline toward: Eze 40:4, "Set thy heart upon all that I shall show."

(f) To trust in: Ps 62:10, "If riches increase, set not your heart thereon."

(g) To place before: Ps 90:8, "Thou hast set our iniquities before"; Ps 141:3, "Set a watch, O Yahweh, before my mouth."

(h) To go down: of the setting of the sun (Mr 1:32; Lu 4:40).

(i) To be proud: Mal 3:15, the King James Version "They that work wickedness are set up."

(j) To fill in: Ex 35:9, "stones to be set, for the ephod."

(k) To plant: Mr 12:1, "set a hedge about it."

(l) To mock: Lu 23:11, "Herod .... set him at nought."

(m) To honor: 1Sa 18:30, "so that his name was much set by."

(n) To start: Ac 21:2, "We went aboard, and set sail." As may be seen the word is used in an endless variety of meanings.

Henry E. Dosker

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Put, place, plant, station, locate. 2. Fix, establish, settle, appoint. 3. Stake, wager, risk. 4. Regulate, adjust, adapt. 5. Stud, variegate, adorn. 6. Place, place upright, cause to sit, put, rest. 7. Arrange, dispose, station, post. 8. Fix, determine. 9. Prescribe, appoint, assign, predetermine. 10. Value, estimate, rate, prize. 11. Plant, transplant. 12. Stud, adorn, variegate. 13. Embarrass, perplex, pose. 14. Impart, attach, join with, add to. 15. Write, note. 16. Oppose. 17. Offer for sale, expose. 18. Contrive, produce. 19. Sharpen, bring to an edge. 20. Replace (as a broken bone). II. v. n. 1. Decline, sink, go down (as the sun). 2. Concrete, congeal, solidify, harden, consolidate. 3. Flow, run, tend. 4. Plant. III. a. 1. Regular, formal, established, prescribed, settled, appointed, ordained. 2. Determined, firm, unyielding, obstinate, fixed, stiff, positive. 3. Predetermined, fixed beforehand. 4. Immovable, fixed. 5. Placed, put, located, fixed. 6. Regular, well-arranged. IV. n. 1. Suit, assortment, collection. 2. Group, school, class, sect, party, knot, division, cluster, company, clique, coterie. 3. Attitude, position, posture.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A dead set: a concerted scheme to defraud a person by gaming.

Airports

Landing Facility Type	AIRPORT
Airport Code	SET
EFF_DATE	02/16/2006
FAA Region	ACE
FAA District	NONE
State	MO
State	MISSOURI
County	ST CHARLES
County State	MO
City Name	ST CHARLES
Full Name	ST CHARLES COUNTY SMARTT
Owner Type	PU
Facility Use	PU
Facility City, State, Zip	"ST CHARLES, MO 63301"
Elevation	436
Aeronautical chart on which the airport facility appears	ST LOUIS
Distance from the central business district of the associated city to the airport in nautical miles	09
Direction of airport from the central business district of the associated city	NE
NASP/Federal Agreement Code	NGPY
Customs international airport	N
Customs Landing Rights Airport	N
Joint Use	N
Military Landing Rights	Y
Control Tower	N
Based Single Engine General Aviation Aircraft	101
Based Multi-engine general aviation aircraft	005
Based Ultralight aircraft	006
Air Taxi	000100
General Aviation, Local Operations	042800
General Aviation - Itinerant Operations	012300
Latitude	38.9296944444
Longitude	-90.4299611111
State FIPS code	29
State Postal Code	MO
Version	09