Definition of set

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Set (v. t.) Hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place..

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Haft :: Haft (v. t.) To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger..
Credit :: Credit (v. t.) To enter upon the credit side of an account; to give credit for; as, to credit the amount paid; to set to the credit of; as, to credit a man with the interest paid on a bond..
Resettle :: Resettle (v. i.) To settle again, or a second time..
Peal :: Peal (n.) A set of bells tuned to each other according to the diatonic scale; also, the changes rung on a set of bells..
Emancipate :: Emancipate (v. t.) To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: (a) To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child. (b) To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit; as, to emancipate a slave, or a country..
Set-off :: Set-off (n.) That which is used to improve the appearance of anything; a decoration; an ornament.
Rudolphine :: Rudolphine (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a set of astronomical tables computed by Kepler, and founded on the observations of Tycho Brahe; -- so named from Rudolph II., emperor of Germany..
Antipathy :: Antipathy (n.) Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.
Watchman :: Watchman (n.) One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel.
Separate :: Separate (v. t.) To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service..
Flammation :: Flammation (n.) The act of setting in a flame or blaze.
Onset :: Onset (n.) Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage..
Overset :: Overset (v. t.) To fill too full.
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..
Setout :: Setout (n.) A display, as of plate, equipage, etc.; that which is displayed..
Institute :: Institute (v. t.) To set up; to establish; to ordain; as, to institute laws, rules, etc..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor..
Claim :: Claim (n.) The thing claimed or demanded; that (as land) to which any one intends to establish a right; as a settler's claim; a miner's claim.
Ninepins :: Ninepins (n. pl.) A game played with nine pins, or pieces of wood, set on end, at which a wooden ball is bowled to knock them down; bowling..
Erect :: Erect (v. t.) To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like..
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