intransitive. To bow the head; to bow down, bend, droop; to descend, sink low.

intransitive. Of the sun, etc.: To set, go down.

to go to glade: to set, sink to rest (said of the sun).

intransitive. To take a seat, sit down (? Old English). Of the sun: To set. Obsolete.

intransitive. Of the sun: to sink towards or below the horizon; to set, go down. Also of other celestial objects. Now rare.

intransitive. Of the sun: ? To set.

intransitive. To descend.

intransitive. Scottish. Of the sun: to set, go down. Obsolete.

intransitive. Of the sun or moon: (from an earthly perspective) to descend in the sky; to approach or pass beneath the horizon. Hence also of the…

To become less, to diminish, to shrink. Of the sun or moon: To wane, lose brightness. Obsolete.

Of the sun: To decline. Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. Of the sun: To descend toward the horizon; to sink, or begin to do so. Also transferred.

intransitive. Chiefly poetic. Of the sun: to set. Obsolete.

intransitive. Of the sun: to decline in the west, begin to set. Of the wind: to become more westerly, blow more strongly from the west. Cf. wester, v.