set out

  • 1set out — index allocate, depart, embark, leave (depart), manifest, part (leave), produce (offer to view) …

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  • 2set out to — index attempt Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3set out — {v.} 1. To leave on a journey or voyage. * /The Pilgrims set out for the New World./ Compare: SET FORTH(2), SET OFF(4), START OUT. 2. To decide and begin to try; attempt. * /George set out to improve his pitching./ 3. To plant in the ground. *… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 4set out — {v.} 1. To leave on a journey or voyage. * /The Pilgrims set out for the New World./ Compare: SET FORTH(2), SET OFF(4), START OUT. 2. To decide and begin to try; attempt. * /George set out to improve his pitching./ 3. To plant in the ground. *… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 5set out — verb Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to arrange and present graphically or systematically b. to mark out (as a design) ; lay out the plan of 2. to state, describe, or recite at length < distributed copies of a pamphlet setting out his&#8230; …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 6set out — verb a) To explain something, or give exact details, usually in writing. This contract sets out all the terms of the agreement as we discussed. b) To go out, leave. Tomorrow we set out for America …

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  • 7To set out — 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&#8230; …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 8To set out — 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. [1913 Webster] Ere the weary sun set in the west. Shak. [1913 Webster] Thus this century sets with little mirth, and the next&#8230; …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 9set out — to lower a net or line into the water …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 10Set — (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.&#8230; …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English