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Definition of Set-to
1. Noun. A brief but vigorous fight.
Definition of Set-to
1. Noun. a fight ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Set-to
Literary usage of Set-to
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Republic of Plato by Plato, Benjamin Jowett (1881)
"And as for the words, there will be no difference between words which are and
which are not set to music ; both will conform to the same laws, ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"... on which said hearing was set to be had," and that "by reason of the foregoing
circumstances, existing on the day when said hearing was set to be had, ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"The dialogue, which in the French and Italian i« set to notes, and sung, I would
have pronounced ; if the numbers are of themselves harmonious, ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"... who have made this their business, whether it go not against the hair with
them to set to any thing else. Government of the Tongue. 10. To SET up. ..."
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