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Definition of Set upon
1. Verb. Assail or attack on all sides:. "The zebra was beset by leopards"
Definition of Set upon
1. Verb. To attack someone. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Set Upon
Literary usage of Set upon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1846)
"24) ; when their minds are set upon their lusts, they will have them, whatever
they cost. But was on things divine ; his livelihood was upon Es" ..."
2. The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (2001)
"... which was not useful as a covering, it being of such scanty dimensions, neither
was it ornamental; from beneath it "set upon BY DOGS. the hair fell, ..."
3. The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy (1917)
"CHAPTER II HE IS set upon BY ADVERSITIES, BUT HE SINGS A SONG The result of that
unpropitious interview was that Eustacia, instead of passing the afternoon ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... almost exclusively religious painters, prepared those masterpieces of religious
art to set upon the altars of the private chapels and great churches of ..."
5. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"When once I am set upon, 't will be too Intc to be whetting when I should be
fighting. L'Estr. Taylor. When soms rival power invades a right, ..."
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