| 单词 | set off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto set off to set off 1. See simple trans. senses and off adv.: ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away ateec885 withbreidec890 animOE overbearOE to do awayOE flitc1175 reavec1175 takec1175 to have away?a1300 to draw awayc1300 weve13.. to wend awaya1325 withdrawa1325 remuec1325 to carry away1363 to take away1372 waive1377 to long awaya1382 oftakec1390 to draw offa1398 to do froa1400 forflitc1420 amove?a1425 to carry out?a1425 surtrayc1440 surtretec1440 twistc1440 abstract1449 ostea1450 remove1459 ablatea1475 araisea1475 redd1479 dismove1480 diminish?1504 convey1530 alienate1534 retire1536 dimove1540 reversec1540 subtractc1540 submove1542 sublate1548 pare1549 to pull in1549 exempt1553 to shift off1567 retract?1570 renversec1586 aufer1587 to lay offa1593 rear1596 retrench1596 unhearse1596 exemea1600 remote1600 to set off1600 subduct1614 rob1627 extraneize1653 to bring off1656 to pull back1656 draft1742 extract1804 reef1901 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. i. 143 Euery thing set off That might so much as thinke you enemies. View more context for this quotation ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > quarrel or falling out > quarrel or fall at variance with [verb (transitive)] alienc1350 strange1460 estrangea1513 alienate1531 avert1532 stranger1608 to set off1633 disaffect1641 disoblige1647 unfriend1659 rupture1815 split1835 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts ii. 366 If any mans heart bee set upon the world, it is set off from God. 1651 Bp. J. Hall Susurrium cum Deo vi. 20 Doe Thou set off my heart from all these earthly vanities. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > annul, cancel, revoke [verb (transitive)] fordoOE allayOE withdrawc1290 withclepe13.. again-callc1390 to call againc1390 repealc1390 revokec1400 unmakec1400 rive1415 annulc1425 abroge1427 uncommandc1430 discharge?a1439 retreatc1443 retract1501 cancela1513 abrogate?1520 dissolve1526 extinct1531 rescind1531 abrenounce1537 infringe1543 recall1565 unwrite1577 extinguish1590 exauctorate1593 relinquish1594 unact1594 to strike off1597 undecide1601 unpass1606 to take off1609 to draw back1610 reclaim1615 to put back1616 abrenunciate1618 unrip1622 supersedeate1641 to set off1642 unassure1643 unorder1648 to ask away1649 disdetermine1651 unbespeak1661 undecree1667 reassumea1675 off-break1702 circumduct1726 raise1837 resiliate1838 denounce1841 disorder1852 pull1937 1642 C. Vernon Considerations Excheqver 27 Such [sums] as shall appeare to be discharged or set off by such matter of Record. 1642 C. Vernon Considerations Excheqver 30 The Clerk of the Pipe is not to discharge or set off any part of the Sheriffes charge, but by Tallies to be leavied in his Majesties Receipt of Exchequer. d. To put (a person) off. Scottish. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > evade [verb (transitive)] > put off pop1530 to put off1569 to fode forth (also occasionally forward, off, on, out)1591 to shift offc1592 foist1598 to fob off1600 fub1600 to shuffle off1604 doffa1616 jig1633 to trump upa1640 whiffle1654 to fool off1664 sham1682 drill1752 to set off1768 to put by1779 jilt1782 palm1822 stall1829 job1872 to give (a person) the go-around1925 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 75 But think na, man, that I'll be set off sae, For I'll hae satisfaction ere I gae. e. To stop the working of. Scottish. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease or put a stop to > cause (a thing) to cease action > specifically a machine or mechanism stop1538 to set off1728 to run down1840 1728 A. Ramsay Monk & Miller's Wife 51 Gae warm ye, and crack with our dame, Till I set aff the mill. 1823 W. Scott Peveril II. ix. 229 The goodman has set off the mill, to come to wait on you himself. f. To set up in type separately.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > preparatory processes > composing > compose [verb (transitive)] > separately to set off1770 1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 375 A very close line in the Copy, which we set off, to see how it comes into the measure made to m's. g. To let. Scottish. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > hiring or letting out > rent out [verb (intransitive)] to set off1799 society > trade and finance > selling > hiring or letting out > hire or rent out [verb (transitive)] let909 hirec1384 rentc1447 to let out1526 locatec1580 wage1590 to farm outa1593 hackney1608 to set out1614 ablocate1623 job1726 to hire out1776 to set off1799 society > trade and finance > selling > hiring or letting out > [adjective] > sub-letting > sub-let to set off1799 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 516 He..set off five new farms, formerly waste land. h. To cause to go off or explode, let off. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] loosec1400 fire1508 let1553 pop1595 report1605 unlade1611 to fire off1706 to let off1714 squib1811 to set off1881 to ease off1916 poop1917 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > use of mines and explosives > use mines and explosives [verb (transitive)] > mine > explode a mine, etc. spring1625 vent1687 fire1699 to let off1714 to set off1881 bump1915 1881 H. Smith & C. R. Smith Isle of Wight Words Zet off,..to explode gunpowder. 1882 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (new ed.) (at cited word) He set off the cannon. 1898 Engin. Mag. 16 69 A spark..that might set off the explosives. 2. To start off, give (a person or thing) a start; to send off into a fit of laughter, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > cause to begin to act or operate to put (also set) to worka1398 to put on work?1440 streek?a1500 setc1500 to put (also set) in (also into) motion1598 spring1598 to set offa1625 to put (also set) in work1626 to set (a-)going1705 start1822 to start up1865 to set in motion1890 the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > cause (a person) to begin to do something launch1602 start1757 to set on1823 to start off1844 to set off1863 a1625 J. Fletcher Humorous Lieut. iii. vi, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Rrr3v/2 I seek a brave hand To set me off in death. 1828 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (ed. 2) 478 It is extremely important for the success of Trees, to possess a certain degree of vigour in the outset, or to be what is technically called, ‘well set off.’ 1830 F. A. Kemble Rec. Girlhood (1878) II. 163 The carriage..was set off at its utmost speed. 1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers I. iii. 53 To divert her attention from the subject which had set her off into hysterics. 1865 C. J. Lever Luttrell xix. 132 One of those practised laughs, which, by setting others off, frequently cut short an unpleasant discussion. 1886 E. Whitaker Tip Cat (new ed.) xxii. 301 Her questions set Dick off thinking. 1889 ‘M. Gray’ Reproach of Annesley III. v. ii. 44 He..set Mr. Rickman off upon one of his interminable monologues. 3. To apportion or assign to a particular purpose; to portion off. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > assign or allot givec1050 bequeatha1325 ordaina1325 assign1340 sortc1374 sign1389 betakea1400 beteacha1400 remiss1525 allot1534 carve1578 divide1600 to set off1687 1687 Bp. G. Burnet Contin. Refl. Mr. Varillas's Hist. Heresies 60 The appointments that were set off for her. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. To set off,.. 4. To separate or assign for a particular purpose; as, to set off a portion of an estate. 1842 Penny Mag. 8 Oct. 395/2 A portion of the stabling is set off as a ‘sick-box’ for the invalids. 4. a. To mark or measure off (a certain distance) on a surface; to lay off (the lines of a ship). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > measure (off) a length or distance [verb (transitive)] measurec1384 take1551 to set offa1647 to take off1658 society > communication > indication > marking > marking out > mark out [verb (transitive)] to quarter out1600 to mark out1611 point1611 to set offa1647 to set out1653 score1687 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > build a ship [verb (transitive)] > draw plans or mark moulds to set offa1647 sirmark1664 sweep1664 a1647 P. Pett Life in Archaeologia (1796) 12 250 They found by due trial all lines [of the ship] to be truly set off. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 62 The varied Measure must be set off from the top of the Cilinder. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 95 Set off 30 Fathom on the Side BD. 1774 M. Mackenzie Treat. Maritim Surv. i. iii. 11 Taking the Length of XY from a Scale of equal Parts, set it off from X to Y. 1830 P. Hedderwick Treat. Marine Archit. 201 The square measurements of the cant-timbers are set off on the body-plan of the schooner foreward and abaft. 1876 G. E. Voyle Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) This space is formed by setting off demi~gorges of 30 yards. 1891 Chambers's Jrnl. 20 June 400/1 If three hundred and sixty separate degrees be set-off from the centre of a perfect circle. b. To place along a surface at definite intervals. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > space out dispersea1535 stringc1650 space1712 to set out1812 to set off1850 1850 T. Inkersley Styles Archit. France 311 All these windows being set off on the outer face of the wall. c. To mark off, separate from the context. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separate [verb (transitive)] > separate from main body skillc1175 to tell outc1325 shillc1440 sequestrate1513 sorta1535 shoal1571 segregate1579 dismember1580 single1582 scatter1588 disgregate1593 recond1608 sepone1619 sequester1625 canton1653 to cantonize outa1670 portion1777 to set off1795 to comb out1854 distinguish1866 split1924 hive off1931 section1960 separate1962 1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 165 When adjuncts or circumstances are of importance,..they may be set off by commas. 5. a. To set in relief, make prominent or conspicuous by contrast. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > be contrary to [verb (transitive)] > set in opposition to set off1598 to show offa1616 contrapose1617 counterpose1657 counterpoint1940 society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > represent graphically [verb (transitive)] > set in relief or make prominent by contrast to set off1598 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. ii. 212 My reformation glittring ore my fault, Shal shew more goodly,..Then that which hath no foile to set it off . View more context for this quotation 1633 G. Herbert Foil in Temple ii God hath made starres the foil To set off vertues; griefs to set off sinning. 1637 J. Milton Comus 27 She fables not, I feele that I doe feare Her words set off by some superior power. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso (1674) i. xix. 20 Picture-drawers do the better set off the Figures they draw, by dark shadows. 1693 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §93 (1699) 148 Good qualities are the Substantial Riches of the Mind, but 'tis good Breeding sets them off. 1778 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. (1876) viii. 454 That the blue, the grey, or the green colours..be used only to support and set off these warm colours. 1826 New Monthly Mag. 16 121 His raiment served to set his destitution off. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. ix. 176 The primrose is set off by its nest of green. 1890 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Jan. 23 Thick brown hair..fell down on her shoulders and set off the margins of her smooth pure cheeks. b. intransitive. To form a contrast (with). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > contrariety[vi] [verb (intransitive)] > form a contrast with strivea1387 to set off1735 antistrophize1842 to strike off1884 1652 Bk. Drawing 34 What Colours set off best together. 1735 Dict. Polygraph. II. H h 4 Blues set off with yellows, reds, whites, browns, and blacks. Greens set off well with purples and reds. 6. To show to advantage, enhance, embellish. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > be becoming to or set off becomec1314 commend1535 advancea1555 comely1573 outseta1578 countenance?1578 to set out1586 to stick off1613 to set offa1616 suit1655 to put off1700 advantage1748 approve1849 flatter1904 a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. vi. 171 He hath a kinde of Honor sets him off, More then a mortall seeming. View more context for this quotation 1629 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. (ed. 5) iv. sig. B8 No quality sets a man off like this. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 439 Claudian has set off his Description of the Eridanus, with all the Poetical Stories that have been made of it. 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery xvi. 142 Fairy Butter... This is a pretty Thing to set off a Table at Supper. 1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas I. iii. v. 214 I adorned myself to the best of my power, the barber lending a helping hand, in order to set me off. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. vii. 188 Thou seest how well the French hose set off the leg and knee. 1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. iv. 133 The sculpture is approved and set off by the colour. 1891 Temple Bar July 445 Dress helped to set off her many charms. 7. To give a flattering description of, commend, praise. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)] heryc735 mickleeOE loveOE praise?c1225 upraisea1300 alosec1300 commenda1340 allow1340 laud1377 lose1377 avauntc1380 magnifya1382 enhancea1400 roosea1400 recommendc1400 recommanda1413 to bear up?a1425 exalt1430 to say well (also evil, ill, etc.) of (also by)1445 laudifyc1470 gloryc1475 advance1483 to bear out1485 prizec1485 to be or to have in laudationa1500 joya1500 extol1509 collaud1512 concend?1521 solemnize?1521 celebrate1522 stellify1523 to set up1535 well-word1547 predicate1552 glorify1557 to set forth1565 admire1566 to be up with1592 voice1594 magnificate1598 plaud1598 concelebrate1599 encomionize1599 to con laud1602 applauda1616 panegyrize1617 acclamate1624 to set offa1625 acclaim1626 raise1645 complement1649 encomiate1651 voguec1661 phrase1675 to set out1688 Alexander1700 talk1723 panegyricize1777 bemouth1799 eulogizea1810 rhapsodize1819 crack up1829 rhapsody1847 a1625 J. Fletcher Humorous Lieut. iv. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Rrr4v/2 Do you set off these Jewels?.. I meane, sell 'em. 1706 A. Pope Let. 10 Apr. in Corr. (1956) I. 16 The great dealers in Wit, like those in Trade, take least Pains to set off their Goods. 1785 R. Graves Eugenius II. xviii. 118 Young Scrip, whom Mrs. Banks was going to set off as a young man of great expectations. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. To set off,..2. To give a pompous or flattering description of; to eulogize; to recommend; as to set off a character. 8. a. To take into account by way of compensation or equivalent; to put in the balance (against something); spec. in Law, to allow or recognize as a counter-claim. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > balance against or counterbalance > in legal claims, etc. to set off1692 1692 G. Keith Account Great Division Quakers 23 According to S. J. the Blasphemy of W. S. shall be discounted for, and set off, against G. K's. reviling his Brethren, if he had been guilty thereof, which they can never prove. 1735 Act 8 Geo. II c. 24 §5 The Debt intended to be set off, shall be pleaded in Bar, in which Plea shall be shewn how much is truly and justly due on either side. 1772 F. Buller Introd. Law Nisi Prius (new ed.) 175 A Debt by simple Contract might by the former Act have been set off against a Specialty Debt. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. ii. v. 234 We may set off their drugs against our specifics. 1818 J. Campbell Nisi Prius Cases II. 586 The defendant had therefore a right to set off this loss against the premiums. 1819 W. P. Taunton Rep. Cases Comm. Pleas VII. 481 The Defendants' guaranty does not so make the Defendants parties to the contract, that they can set off. 1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes iv. 302 He [sc. the banner] is required to set off his customer's counter-claim. 1891 Sat. Rev. 15 Aug. 192/1 The produce is set off against the advance, the balance is fairly struck. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 182/2 The principle of ‘betterment’, according to which promoters would be allowed to set off against an owner's claim for compensation any enhancement of the value of his land by the use of the land taken by the promoters. 1994 What Investm. Jan. 10/3 Losses that remain unrelieved may be carried forward indefinitely and set off against future gains. b. To counterbalance, compensate. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > balance against or counterbalance gaina1375 counterpoise1393 peisea1400 weigh1583 set1589 poise1600 to weigh against, again1600 affront1609 balance1624 cancel1633 counterbalance1636 counterpose1636 compensate1656 equilibriatea1657 outset1656 equiponderate1661 equipoise1664 equibalance1665 offset1673 countersway1710 to set off1749 counterweigh1825 equilibrate1829 to set against ——1832 equilibrize1833 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. v. i. 114 Thus the Beauty of Day, and that of Summer, is set off by the Horrors of Night and Winter. View more context for this quotation 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. x. 250 The merry men of the forest set off the building of a cottage with the burning of a castle. 1893 Times 8 May 7/6 The loss feared in one branch of trade would be set off by a gain in another branch. c. intransitive. To be a set-off against. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > be or become equal [verb (intransitive)] > balance or be balanced > act as a counterbalance counterpoisec1430 counterweigh1523 balance1597 to set off1824 1824 Examiner 152/2 Prices neither have risen, nor is there the least prospect of their rising, to a rate that will set off against the taxes..that burden the land. 9. a. intransitive. To start on a journey or course; transferred to start (doing something). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] beginc1000 onginOE aginOE ginc1175 to go tillc1175 to take onc1175 comsea1225 fanga1225 to go toc1275 i-ginc1275 commencec1320 to get (also get down, go, go adown, set, set down) to workc1400 to lay to one's hand(sc1405 to put to one's hand (also hands)c1410 to set toc1425 standa1450 to make to1563 to fall to it1570 to start out1574 to fall to1577 to run upon ——1581 to break off1591 start1607 to set in1608 to set to one's hands1611 to put toa1616 to fall ona1625 in1633 to fall aboard1642 auspicatea1670 to set out1693 to enter (into) the fray1698 open1708 to start in1737 inchoate1767 to set off1774 go1780 start1785 to on with1843 to kick off1857 to start in on1859 to steam up1860 to push off1909 to cut loose1923 to get (also put) the show on the road1941 to get one's arse in gear1948 society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)] > set out forthfarec888 foundOE seta1000 to go forthOE to fare forthc1200 partc1230 to pass forthc1325 to take (the) gatec1330 to take the wayc1330 to take one's waya1375 puta1382 treunt?a1400 movec1400 depart1490 prepare?1518 to set forth1530 to set forward(s)1530 busklea1535 to make out1558 to take forth1568 to set out1583 sally1590 start1591 to go off1600 to put forth1604 to start outa1626 intend1646 to take the road1720 to take one's foot in one's hand1755 to set off1774 to get off1778 to set away1817 to take out1855 to haul out1866 to hit the trail (less commonly the grit, pike, road, etc.)1873 to hit, split or take the breeze1910 hop1922 1774 Trinket 91 I sat off in immediate pursuit of them. 1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf xi, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 218 They mounted..and..set off at a round gallop. 1823 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War I. 473 Messengers set off to solicit succour from Badajoz. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) iii. 17 They both set off in a fit of laughter. 1888 ‘J. S. Winter’ Bootle's Children viii. 58 He..set off to go home alone. b. To take off for a leap. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)] > take off for a leap to set off1768 to take off1781 1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality III. xvi. 191 A mark from whence the rivals were to set off on their leap. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > have specific appearance [verb] to set off1616 1616 B. Jonson Poëtaster (rev. ed.) To Rdr., in Wks. I. 349 I, now, but thinke, how poore their spight sets off, Who,..Haue nothing left, but the vnsau'ry smoake Of their blacke vomit, to vpbrayd themselues. 11. Printing. To soil the next leaf or sheet: said of the ink or of the printed page. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > manner or style of printing > [verb (intransitive)] > set off to set off1683 offset1888 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 76 Trane-Oyl..hinders the Inck from drying; so that when the Work comes to the Binders, it Sets off. 1777 in Notes & Queries 9th Ser. V. (1900) 189/1 [The binder] is particularly desired to beat the work before he places the cuts, in order to prevent the letterpress from setting off on the engravings. 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 27 Some printers' works ‘set off’, as they term it, when the ink of one page leaves its impression upon the opposite page. 1883 R. Haldane Workshop Receipts 2nd Ser. 343/2 An undue proportion of lampblack in the ink will cause it to smear,..and to ‘set-off’ during book~binding operations. 12. In the pianoforte, (of the hoppers) to make the proper set-off. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [verb (intransitive)] > set off (of hoppers) to set off1853 1853 W. Sandilands Brit. Patent 548 2 I also claim an improvement, through the same means, in the setting off of the hopper [sc. for a pianoforte]. 1885 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 4th Ser. 281/1 Blocking is caused by the hoppers not ‘setting off’. set off 106. intransitive (less frequently reflexive) To proceed in a specified direction; to begin to move, start off, put out, set out. Now surviving (exc. Scottish) only in set forth, set forward, set off, set on, etc. (see Phrasal verbs 2). ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] thinkeOE bowa1000 seta1000 scritheOE minlOE turnc1175 to wend one's wayc1225 ettlec1275 hieldc1275 standc1300 to take (the) gatec1330 bear?c1335 applyc1384 aim?a1400 bend1399 hita1400 straighta1400 bounc1400 intendc1425 purposec1425 appliquec1440 stevenc1440 shape1480 make1488 steera1500 course1555 to make out1558 to make in1575 to make for ——a1593 to make forth1594 plyc1595 trend1618 tour1768 to lie up1779 head1817 loop1898 society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)] > set out forthfarec888 foundOE seta1000 to go forthOE to fare forthc1200 partc1230 to pass forthc1325 to take (the) gatec1330 to take the wayc1330 to take one's waya1375 puta1382 treunt?a1400 movec1400 depart1490 prepare?1518 to set forth1530 to set forward(s)1530 busklea1535 to make out1558 to take forth1568 to set out1583 sally1590 start1591 to go off1600 to put forth1604 to start outa1626 intend1646 to take the road1720 to take one's foot in one's hand1755 to set off1774 to get off1778 to set away1817 to take out1855 to haul out1866 to hit the trail (less commonly the grit, pike, road, etc.)1873 to hit, split or take the breeze1910 hop1922 society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (reflexive)] > set out setc1460 prepare?1518 a1000 Boeth. Metr. i. 4 Setton suðweardes sigeþeoda twa. 1052 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (MS. C) Ða geaxedon þæt lið þæt on Sandwic læg embe Godwines fare, setton þa æfter. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13584 Setteð [c1300 Otho wendeþ] heom after. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 1999 He set hym in ful purpose to his Shippis ward. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1828 At Salame full sound þai set into hauyn. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 11109 Sadly ho sete, sewit hym agayne. 1568 C. Watson tr. Polybius Hystories f. 62v Immediately to set towardes his ennimies. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) ii. 0. 34 The King is set from London. View more context for this quotation 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 440 From thence I set East-ward to Syragusa. 1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1664) 342 To set up the brae to the King's city. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 415 The faithless Pirate soon will set to Sea. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 160 While for the Barn she sets. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) I set, or set out, after him; I pursued him. < as lemmas |
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