Definition of set

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Set (v. i.) To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now followed by out.

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Conventionary :: Conventionary (a.) Acting under contract; settled by express agreement; as, conventionary tenants..
Besetment :: Besetment (n.) The act of besetting, or the state of being beset; also, that which besets one, as a sin..
Balance :: Balance (n.) To settle and adjust, as an account; to make two accounts equal by paying the difference between them..
Caster :: Caster (n.) A stand to hold a set of cruets.
Parole :: Parole (v. t.) To set at liberty on parole; as, to parole prisoners..
Cock :: Cock (v. t.) To set erect; to turn up.
Crebricostate :: Crebricostate (a.) Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.
Itinerate :: Itinerate (v. i.) To wander without a settled habitation; to travel from place or on a circuit, particularly for the purpose of preaching, lecturing, etc..
Equisetiform :: Equisetiform (a.) Having the form of the equisetum.
Whipsaw :: Whipsaw (n.) A saw for dividing timber lengthwise, usually set in a frame, and worked by two persons; also, a fret saw..
Redress :: Redress (n.) A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or opression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The act of peopling, or state of being peopled; act of planting, as a colony; colonization; occupation by settlers; as, the settlement of a new country..
Set :: Set (v. t.) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure..
Addorsed :: Addorsed (a.) Set or turned back to back.
Renverse :: Renverse (a.) Reversed; set with the head downward; turned contrary to the natural position.
Poussette :: Poussette (n.) A movement, or part of a figure, in the contradance..
Inhabitant :: Inhabitant (n.) One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or parish; a permanent resident..
Seposition :: Seposition (n.) The act of setting aside, or of giving up..
Unfix :: Unfix (v. t.) To loosen from a fastening; to detach from anything that holds; to unsettle; as, to unfix a bayonet; to unfix the mind or affections..
Matter :: Matter (n.) Written manuscript, or anything to be set in type; copy; also, type set up and ready to be used, or which has been used, in printing..
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