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  1. set
    [set]
    verb
    set (verb)
    sets (third person present)
    set (past tense)
    set (past participle)
    setting (present participle)
    1. put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position:
      "Dana set the mug of tea down"
      "Catherine set a chair by the bed"
      • put or bring into a specified state:
        "the hostages were set free"
        "plunging oil prices set in motion an economic collapse in Houston"
        • adjust (a clock or watch), typically to show the right time:
          "set your watch immediately to local time at your destination"
          "to revert to an old style would be to try to set back the clock and deny the progress which had been made"
          • harden into a solid or semisolid state:
            "cook for a further thirty-five minutes until the filling has set"
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            verb
            set
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            Origin
            Old English settan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zetten, German setzen, also to sit.
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