Definition of set

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Set (v. t.) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship..

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Inhabit :: Inhabit (v. t.) To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit cities and houses..
Exempt :: Exempt (a.) Cut off; set apart.
Safe :: Safe (n.) A strong and fireproof receptacle (as a movable chest of steel, etc., or a closet or vault of brickwork) for containing money, valuable papers, or the like..
Ordinary :: Ordinary (n.) That which is so common, or continued, as to be considered a settled establishment or institution..
Gang :: Gang (v. i.) A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang of saws, or of plows..
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..
Phaethon :: Phaethon (n.) The son of Helios (Phoebus), that is, the son of light, or of the sun. He is fabled to have obtained permission to drive the chariot of the sun, in doing which his want of skill would have set the world on fire, had he not been struck with a thunderbolt by Jupiter, and hurled headlong into the river Po..
Indefinitely :: Indefinitely (adv.) In an indefinite manner or degree; without any settled limitation; vaguely; not with certainty or exactness; as, to use a word indefinitely..
Heptamerous :: Heptamerous (a.) Consisting of seven parts, or having the parts in sets of sevens..
Equisetiform :: Equisetiform (a.) Having the form of the equisetum.
Settle :: Settle (n.) To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish; as, to settle a minister..
Ladies'' Tresses :: Ladies' tresses () A name given to several species of the orchidaceous genus Spiranthes, in which the white flowers are set in spirals about a slender axis and remotely resemble braided hair..
Gradine :: Gradine (n.) Any member like a step, as the raised back of an altar or the like; a set raised over another..
Dresser :: Dresser (v. t.) A cupboard or set of shelves to receive dishes and cooking utensils.
Acronycally :: Acronycally (adv.) In an acronycal manner as rising at the setting of the sun, and vice versa..
Unsettle :: Unsettle (v. t.) To move or loosen from a settled position or state; to unfix; to displace; to disorder; to confuse.
Prize :: Prize (v. t.) To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate.
Price :: Price (v. t.) To set a price on; to value. See Prize.
Cosmically :: Cosmically (adv.) With the sun at rising or setting; as, a star is said to rise or set cosmically when it rises or sets with the sun..
Lea :: Lea (n.) A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.
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