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Definition of Set on
1. Verb. Attack someone physically or emotionally. "Nightmares assailed him regularly"
Specialized synonyms: Bait, Set, Sic, Bulldog, Rush, Blindside, Savage, Reassail, Jump, Beset, Set Upon, Assault, Dishonor, Dishonour, Outrage, Rape, Ravish, Violate, Desecrate, Outrage, Profane, Violate, Molest
Derivative terms: Assailant, Assault, Assault, Assaulter, Assaultive, Attack, Attacker
Definition of Set on
1. Verb. To encourage someone, or an animal, to attack someone. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Set On
Literary usage of Set on
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come by John Bunyan (1879)
"Now supper was ready, the table spread, and all They are things set on the board;
so they sat down and did at ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1911)
"If the correct inference from the testimony was that the cotton was on defendant's
platform with Its consent, and was set on fire by its engine, ..."
3. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"In battle-day,' the king replied, ' Nice tourney rules are set aside. — Still
must the rebel dare our wrath ? set on him — Sweep him from our ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"Some 1 found wond'rous harsh, Contemptuous, proud, set on revenge and spite.
Milton. ... Minds, altogether set on trade and profit, often contract a certain ..."
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