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  • 121To set out — Set Set (s[e^]t), v. i. 1. To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end. [1913 Webster] Ere the weary sun set in the west. Shak. [1913 Webster] Thus this century sets with little mirth, and the next… …

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  • 122To set to — Set Set (s[e^]t), v. i. 1. To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end. [1913 Webster] Ere the weary sun set in the west. Shak. [1913 Webster] Thus this century sets with little mirth, and the next… …

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  • 123To set up — Set Set (s[e^]t), v. i. 1. To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end. [1913 Webster] Ere the weary sun set in the west. Shak. [1913 Webster] Thus this century sets with little mirth, and the next… …

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  • 124To set upon — Set Set (s[e^]t), v. i. 1. To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end. [1913 Webster] Ere the weary sun set in the west. Shak. [1913 Webster] Thus this century sets with little mirth, and the next… …

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  • 125cancel — I. verb ( celed or celled; celing or cancelling) Etymology: Middle English cancellen, from Anglo French canceller, chanceller, from Late Latin cancellare, from Latin, to make like a lattice, from cancelli (plural), diminutive of cancer lattice,… …

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  • 126dissolve — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin dissolvere, from dis + solvere to loosen more at solve Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to cause to disperse or disappear ; destroy < do not dissolve and deface the laws of charity Fran …

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  • 127graffiti — I. transitive verb ( tied; tiing; also ting) Date: 1964 to draw graffiti on ; to deface with graffiti < graffitied walls > II. noun Etymology: Italian, plural of graffito Date …

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  • 128tag — I. noun Etymology: Middle English tagge; akin to Middle Low German tagge, tacke twig, spike Date: 14th century 1. a loose hanging piece of cloth ; tatter 2. a metal or plastic binding on an end of a shoelace 3. a piece of hanging or attached&#8230; …

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