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11 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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: From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: set adj 1: (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed; "she was fit to scream"; "primed for a fight"; "we are set to go at any time" [syn: {fit(p)}, {primed(p)}, {set(p)}] 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}, {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}, {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}] 5: being below the horizon; "the moon is set" [syn: {set(p)}] 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}] 7: converted to solid form (as concrete) [syn: {hardened}] 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" 2: 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: {exercise set}] 4: the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production; "the sets were meticulously authentic" [syn: {stage set}] 5: an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" [syn: {circle}, {band}, {lot}] 6: a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way "the set of his mind was obvious" [syn: {bent}] 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}] 10: evil beast-headed god with high square ears and a long snout; brother and murder of Osiris [syn: {Set}, {Seth}] 11: the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon; "before the set of sun" 12: (psychology) a temporary readiness 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: {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: "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the mising children"; also with abstract objects and locations: "Place emphasis on a certain point" [syn: {put}, {place}, {pose}, {position}, {lay}] 2: fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules" [syn: {determine}] 3: decide upon as of variables in math [syn: {specify}, {determine}, {fix}] 4: establish as the highest level or best performance: "set a record" [syn: {mark}] 5: put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state; "set the house afire" 6: fix in a border, as of precious stones 7: make ready or suitable in advance for a particular purpose or for some use event, etc "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war" [syn: {prepare}, {set up}, {ready}, {gear up}] 8: set to a certain position; "set clocks or instruments" 9: locate; "The film is set in Africa" [syn: {localize}, {place}] 10: disappear beyond the horizon; of celestial bodies such as the sun and the moon [syn: {go down}, {go under}] [ant: {rise}] 11: adapt for performance in a different way "set this poem to music" [syn: {arrange}] 12: put or set (seeds or seedlings) into the ground; "Let's plant flowers in the garden" [syn: {plant}] 13: apply or start "set fire to a building" 14: become gelatinous; "the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme" [syn: {jell}, {congeal}] 15: insert (a nail below the surface) [syn: {countersink}] 16: give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor 17: urge a dog to attack someone [syn: {sic}] 18: estimate: "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M." [syn: {place}, {put}] 19: equip with sails, masts, etc.; of ships [syn: {rig}, {set up}] 20: alter slightly, esp. to achieve accuracy; regulate; "Adjust the clock, please" [syn: {adjust}] 21: bear fruit, of plants [syn: {fructify}] 22: of hair [syn: {dress}, {arrange}, {do}, {coif}, {coiffe}, {coiffure}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: set A collection of objects, known as the elements of the set specified in such a way that we can tell in principle whether or not a given object belongs to it E.g. the set of all prime numbers, the set of zeros of the cosine function. For each set there is a {predicate} (or property) which is true for (posessed by) exectly those objects which are elements of the set The predicate may be defined by the set or vice versa. Order and repetition of elements within the set are irrelevant so for example, {1, 2, 3} = {3, 2, 1} = {1, 3, 1, 2, 2}. Some common set of numbers are given the following names: N = the {natural number}s 0, 1, 2, ... Z = the {integer}s ..., -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, ... Q = the {rational number}s p/q where p, q are in Z and q /= 0. R = the {real number}s C = the {complex number}s. The empty set is the set with no elements. The intersection of two sets X and Y is the set containing all the elements x such that x is in X and x is in Y. The union of two sets is the set containing all the elements x such that x is in X or x is in Y. See also {set complement}. (1995-01-24) From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: SET 1.{Secure Electronic Transaction}. 2. {Single Electron Tunneling}. 3. {Standard d'Echange et de Transfert}. (1999-03-26) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: SET Secure Electronic Transactions (IBM, Visa, MS IBM, Mastercard Netscape, banking) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: SET Software Engineering Technology From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: SET Standard d'Echange et de Transfert (AFNOR, France)
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