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S — Serenity to Severity (Part 6 of 13)

    6. Regular, well-arranged.

Set, n.

    1. Suit, assortment, collection.
    2. Group, school, class, sect, party, knot, division, cluster, company, clique, coterie.
    3. Attitude, position, posture.

Set about. Begin, commence, take in hand, apply one’s self to, take the first steps in.

Setaceous, a. Bristly, setous, setose.

Set apart. Reserve (for a particular use), appropriate, dedicate, consecrate, devote, set aside.

Set aside.

    1. Reserve, set apart.
    2. Omit, leave out of the account.
    3. Reject.
    4. Abrogate, annul.

Set at defiance. Defy.

Set at ease. Quiet, tranquillize.

Set at naught.

    1. Contemn, despise, undervalue.
    2. Break, infringe, transgress, violate.

Set before. Exhibit, display.

Set by, Reject, dismiss, put aside.

Set-down. n. Rebuff, rebuke, reprehension.

Set-down. Register, record, state, put in writing, chronicle, make a note of, jot down, take down, make a memorandum of.

Set eyes on. Behold.

Set fire to. Kindle, inflame, ignite, set on fire.