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Sesquisulphide (?), n. [Sesqui- + sulphide.] (Chem.) A sulphide, analogous to a sesquioxide, containing three atoms of sulphur to two of the other ingredient; -- formerly called also sesquisulphuret; as, orpiment, As2S3 is arsenic sesquisulphide.
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Sesquitertial (?), a. Sesquitertian.
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{ Sesquitertian (?), Sesquitertianal (?), } a. [Sesqui- + L. tertianus belonging to the third. Cf. .] (Math.) Having the ratio of one and one third to one (as 4 : 3).
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Sesquitone (?), n. [Sesqui- + tone.] (Mus.) A minor third, or interval of three semitones.
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Sess (?), v. t. [Aphetic form of assess. See , .] To lay a tax upon; to assess. [Obs.]
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Sess, n. A tax; an assessment. See . [Obs.]
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Sessa (?), interj. Hurry; run. [Obs.] Shak.
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Sessile (?), a. [L. sessilis low, dwarf, from sedere, sessum, to sit: cf. F. sessile.] 1. Attached without any sensible projecting support.
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2. (Bot.) Resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without a petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or blossom.
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3. (Zoöl.) Permanently attached; -- said of the gonophores of certain hydroids which never became detached.
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Sessile-eyed (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having eyes which are not elevated on a stalk; -- opposed to stalk-eyed.
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Coloq. Sessile-eyed Crustacea , the Arthrostraca.
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Session (?), n. [L. sessio, fr. sedere, sessum, to sit: cf. F. session. See .] 1. The act of sitting, or the state of being seated. [Archaic]
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So much his ascension into heaven and his session at the right hand of God do import. Hooker.
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But Viven, gathering somewhat of his mood, . . .
Leaped from her session on his lap, and stood. Tennyson.
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2. The actual sitting of a court, council, legislature, etc., or the actual assembly of the members of such a body, for the transaction of business.
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It's fit this royal session do proceed. Shak.
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3. Hence, also, the time, period, or term during which a court, council, legislature, etc., meets daily for business; or, the space of time between the first meeting and the prorogation or adjournment; thus, a session of Parliaments is opened with a speech from the throne, and closed by prorogation. The session of a judicial court is called a term.
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It was resolved that the convocation should meet at the beginning of the next session of Parliament. Macaulay.
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☞ Sessions, in some of the States, is particularly used as a title for a court of justices, held for granting licenses to innkeepers, etc., and for laying out highways, and the like; it is also the title of several courts of criminal jurisdiction in England and the United States.
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Coloq. Church session , the lowest court in the Presbyterian Church, composed of the pastor and a body of elders elected by the members of a particular church, and having the care of matters pertaining to the religious interests of that church, as the admission and dismission of members, discipline, etc. -- Coloq. Court of Session , the supreme civil court of Scotland. -- Coloq. Quarter sessions . (Eng.Law) See under . -- Coloq. Sessions of the peace , sittings held by justices of the peace. [Eng.]
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Sessional (?), a. Of or pertaining to a session or sessions.
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Sesspool (?), n. [Prov. E. suss hogwash, soss a dirty mess, a puddle + E. pool a puddle; cf. Gael. ses a coarse mess.] Same as .
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Sesterce (?), n. [L. sestertius (sc. nummus), fr. sestertius two and a half; semis half + tertius third: cf. F. sesterce.] (Rom. Antiq.) A Roman coin or denomination of money, in value the fourth part of a denarius, and originally containing two asses and a half, afterward four asses, -- equal to about two pence sterling, or four cents.
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☞ The sestertium was equivalent to one thousand sesterces, equal to £8 17s 1d. sterling, or about $43, before the reign of Augustus. After his reign its value was about £7 16s. 3d. sterling. The sesterce was originally coined only in silver, but later both in silver and brass.
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Sestet (?), n. [It. sestetto, fr. sesto sixth, L. sextus, fr. sex six.] 1. (Mus.) A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet; -- called also sestuor. [Written also sestett, sestette.]
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2. (Poet.) The last six lines of a sonnet.
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Sestetto (?), n.[It.] (Mus.) A sestet.
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Sestine (?), n. See .
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Sestuor (?), n. [F.] A sestet.
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Set (sĕt), 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. sätta, Dan. s�tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root of E. sit. √154. See , and cf. .] 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.
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I do set my bow in the cloud. Gen. ix. 13.
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2. Hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
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Set your affection on things above. Col. iii. 2.
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The Lord set a mark upon Cain. Gen. iv. 15.
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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.
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The Lord thy God will set thee on high. Deut. xxviii. 1.
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I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother. Matt. x. 35.
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Every incident sets him thinking. Coleridge.
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4. To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or condition to. Specifically: --
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(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.
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They show how hard they are set in this particular. Addison.
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(b) To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance.
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His eyes were set by reason of his age. 1 Kings xiv. 4.
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On these three objects his heart was set. Macaulay.
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Make my heart as a millstone, set my face as a flint. Tennyson.
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(c) To fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant; as, to set pear trees in an orchard.
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(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.
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And him too rich a jewel to be set
In vulgar metal for a vulgar use. Dryden.
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(e) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese.
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5. To put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to regulate; to adapt. Specifically: --
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(a) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare; as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.
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Tables for to sette, and beddes make. Chaucer.
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(b) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship.
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(c) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as, to set a psalm. Fielding.
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(d) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to replace; as, to set a broken bone.
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(e) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock.
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(f) (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
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6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk.
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I have set my life upon a cast,
And I will stand the hazard of the die. Shak.
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7. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare for singing.
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Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute. Dryden.
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8. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.
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9. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
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High on their heads, with jewels richly set,
Each lady wore a radiant coronet. Dryden.
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Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms. Wordsworth.
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10. To value; to rate; -- with at.
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Be you contented, wearing now the garland,
To have a son set your decrees at naught. Shak.
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I do not set my life at a pin's fee. Shak.
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11. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other game; -- said of hunting dogs.
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12. 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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13. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]
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14. (Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page.
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Coloq. To set abroach . See . [Obs.] Shak. -- Coloq. To set against , to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one thing against another. -- Coloq. To set agoing , to cause to move. -- Coloq. To set apart , to separate to a particular use; to separate from the rest; to reserve. -- Coloq. To set a saw , to bend each tooth a little, every alternate one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent the saw from sticking. -- Coloq. To set aside . (a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to neglect; to reject; to annul.
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Setting aside all other considerations, I will endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that. Tillotson.
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(b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of one's income. (c) (Law) See under . -- Coloq. To set at defiance , to defy. -- Coloq. To set at ease , to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the heart at ease. -- Coloq. To set at naught , to undervalue; to contemn; to despise. “Ye have set at naught all my counsel.” Prov. i. 25. -- Coloq. To set a trap Coloq. To set a snare , or Coloq. To set a gin , to put it in a proper condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan to deceive and draw another into one's power. -- Coloq. To set at work , or Coloq. To set to work . (a) To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how tu enter on work. (b) To apply one's self; -- used reflexively. -- Coloq. To set before . (a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit. (b) To propose for choice to; to offer to. -- Coloq. To set by . (a) To set apart or on one side; to reject. (b) To attach the value of (anything) to. “I set not a straw by thy dreamings.” Chaucer. -- Coloq. To set by the compass , to observe and note the bearing or situation of by the compass. -- Coloq. To set case , to suppose; to assume. Cf. Put case, under , v. t. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Coloq. To set down . (a) To enter in writing; to register.
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Some rules were to be set down for the government of the army. Clarendon.
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(b) To fix; to establish; to ordain.
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This law we may name eternal, being that order which God . . . hath set down with himself, for himself to do all things by. Hooker.
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(c) To humiliate. -- Coloq. To set eyes on , to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on. -- Coloq. To set fire to , or Coloq. To set on fire , to communicate fire to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to irritate. -- Coloq. To set flying (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc., instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; -- said of a sail. -- Coloq. To set forth . (a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt; to display. (b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear. Waller. (c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.]
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The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty galleys, set forth by the Venetians. Knolles.
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-- Coloq. To set forward . (a) To cause to advance. (b) To promote. -- Coloq. To set free , to release from confinement, imprisonment, or bondage; to liberate; to emancipate. -- Coloq. To set in , to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to. [Obs.]
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If you please to assist and set me in, I will recollect myself. Collier.
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-- Coloq. To set in order , to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method. “The rest will I set in order when I come.” 1 Cor. xi. 34. -- Coloq. To set milk . (a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream may rise to the surface. (b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of rennet. See 4 (e). -- Coloq. To set much by or Coloq. To set little by , to care much, or little, for. -- Coloq. To set of , to value; to set by. [Obs.] “I set not an haw of his proverbs.” Chaucer. -- Coloq. To set off . (a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of an estate. (b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.
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They . . . set off the worst faces with the best airs. Addison.
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(c) To give a flattering description of. -- Coloq. To set off against , to place against as an equivalent; as, to set off one man's services against another's. -- Coloq. To set on or Coloq. To set upon . (a) To incite; to instigate. “Thou, traitor, hast set on thy wife to this.” Shak. (b) To employ, as in a task. “ Set on thy wife to observe.” Shak. (c) To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's heart or affections on some object. See definition 2, above. -- Coloq. To set one's cap for . See under , n. -- Coloq. To set one's self against , to place one's self in a state of enmity or opposition to. -- Coloq. To set one's teeth , to press them together tightly. -- Coloq. To set on foot , to set going; to put in motion; to start. -- Coloq. To set out . (a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an estate; to set out the widow's thirds. (b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.] (c) To adorn; to embellish.
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An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with jewels, nothing can become. Dryden.
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(d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]
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The Venetians pretend they could set out, in case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war. Addison.
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(e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.
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I could set out that best side of Luther. Atterbury.
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(f) To show; to prove. [R.] “Those very reasons set out how heinous his sin was.” Atterbury. (g) (Law) To recite; to state at large. -- Coloq. To set over . (a) To appoint or constitute as supervisor, inspector, ruler, or commander. (b) To assign; to transfer; to convey. -- Coloq. To set right , to correct; to put in order. -- Coloq. To set sail . (Naut.) See under , n. -- Coloq. To set store by , to consider valuable. -- Coloq. To set the fashion , to determine what shall be the fashion; to establish the mode. -- Coloq. To set the teeth on edge , to affect the teeth with a disagreeable sensation, as when acids are brought in contact with them. -- Coloq. To set the watch (Naut.), to place the starboard or port watch on duty. -- Coloq. To set to , to attach to; to affix to. “He . . . hath set to his seal that God is true.” John iii. 33. -- Coloq. To set up . (a) To erect; to raise; to elevate; as, to set up a building, or a machine; to set up a post, a wall, a pillar. (b) Hence, to exalt; to put in power. “I will . . . set up the throne of David over Israel.” 2 Sam. iii. 10. (c) To begin, as a new institution; to institute; to establish; to found; as, to set up a manufactory; to set up a school. (d) To enable to commence a new business; as, to set up a son in trade. (e) To place in view; as, to set up a mark. (f) To raise; to utter loudly; as, to set up the voice.
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I'll set up such a note as she shall hear. Dryden.
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(g) To advance; to propose as truth or for reception; as, to set up a new opinion or doctrine. T. Burnet. (h) To raise from depression, or to a sufficient fortune; as, this good fortune quite set him up. (i) To intoxicate. [Slang] (j) (Print.) To put in type; as, to set up copy; to arrange in words, lines, etc., ready for printing; as, to set up type. -- Coloq. To set up the rigging (Naut.), to make it taut by means of tackles. R. H. Dana, Jr.
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Syn. -- See .
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Set (sĕt), v. i. 1. To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end.
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Ere the weary sun set in the west. Shak.
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Thus this century sets with little mirth, and the next is likely to arise with more mourning. Fuller.
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2. To fit music to words. [Obs.] Shak.
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3. To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant. “To sow dry, and set wet.” Old Proverb.
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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).
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5. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
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A gathering and serring of the spirits together to resist, maketh the teeth to set hard one against another. Bacon.
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6. To congeal; to concrete; to solidify; -- of cements, glues, gels, concrete, substances polymerizing into plastics, etc.
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That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set. Boyle.
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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.
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8. To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; -- now followed by out.
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The king is set from London. Shak.
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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.
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10. To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now followed by out.
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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.
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11. To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well. [Colloquially used, but improperly, for sit.]
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☞ 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.
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Coloq. To set about , to commence; to begin. -- Coloq. To set forward , to move or march; to begin to march; to advance. -- Coloq. To set forth , to begin a journey. -- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. To set on or Coloq. To set upon . (a) To begin, as a journey or enterprise; to set about.
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He that would seriously set upon the search of truth. Locke.
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(b) To assault; to make an attack. Bacon.
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Cassio hath here been set on in the dark. Shak.
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-- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. To set to , to apply one's self to. -- Coloq. 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.
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Those men who set up for mortality without regard to religion, are generally but virtuous in part. Swift.
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