† exortiveadj.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
Pertaining to the rising of the sun or to the east.
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Exortive, that pertains to rising, or the East part.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Exortive,..pertaining to the rising of the Sun, or the East.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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adj.1656- to set one's face as a flint
- to set one's face for
- to set one's face for from
- to set one's face for to
- to set one's face for towards
- to set one's face in a brake
- to set one's face like a flint
- to set one's foot
- to set one's foot by
- to set one's foot down
- to set one's foot forward
- to set one's foot on the neck of
- to set one's foot to
- to set one's foot upon
- to set one's hand against
- to set one's hand to
- to set one's hand to the door
- to set one's hand to the plough
- to set one's hand(s on
- to set one's heart (in
- to set one's heart on
- to set one's house in order
- to set one's main to
- to set one's mind at ease
- to set one's mind on