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Definition of Set in
1. Verb. Enter a particular state. "After a few moments, the effects of the drug kicked in"
2. Verb. Blow toward the shore. "That gale could set in on us with the next high tide"
3. Verb. Become established. "Winter has set in"
Definition of Set in
1. Verb. To take root, become established. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Set In
Literary usage of Set in
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... a poetical Index : — In 75 vols. elegantly bound in Calf, gilt, and triple
pieced 9 Another Set, in Boards - - 1150 10 Travels to ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"S^-away "—to set in motion. " Srf-away, there ! "—a call from the banksman in
... SET-IN, SETTEN-IN, ingrained, as dirt in the pores of the skin after work. ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"... authorities of Trinity House with a design for a lighthouse to be Wren.
The original issue (18^ in. by 14*in.) was followed by a smaller set in quarto ..."
4. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet, Edward Nares (1843)
"hall make a naked afterwards before the King. solemn (Ып ч]юч the Sacrament, laid
upon Then the King being set in h is Chair before the «lid Altar, ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... are liberated or set in motion, the electric a charge of a corpuscle per unit
of its mass,— > tn is always the same, no matter what the condition of the ..."
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