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单词 to set in
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to set in
to set in
1.
a. See simple trans. senses and in adv.; to enter (a name); to insert, put in; to engraft, implant; †to put in office or power, etc.
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)]
to do ineOE
to put ina1300
insetc1374
to throw ina1382
inducec1420
intriec1420
to set ina1425
tryc1440
enter1489
insert1529
turn1544
insere1557
infer1572
input1593
intromitc1600
introduce1695
to run in1756
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Rom. xi. 23 Ȝhe, and thei schulen be set yn [L. inserentur], if thei dwellen not in vnbileue.
?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 361 To sette in the names of sustres and brethren professed in the register of the chapter.
1487 in H. E. Malden Cely Papers (1900) 169 They hawe dischargyd all the old wytt [= magistrates] of Bruges the whych was sett yn be the Kyng.
1562 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 13 The said James Smith toke a Lease of his part of the Tenement, and set-in the said Ellin to have hit after his decesse.
1563–4 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 109 John Atkyns to blo ye organs when he set in ye pypes vj d.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. i. 7 When a member that was out of ioynt is set in againe.
1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales xii. xi. 172 [They] set in companies to rob and spoile [L. immittere latronum globos].
1662 S. Pepys Diary 5 Aug. (1970) III. 156 At Greenwich set in, Captain Cocke.
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 17 Set in your Lee-braces.
1709 Tatler No. 37. ⁋2 Beau Slimber a Londoner, undertook to keep up with Trips, a whelp just set in.
1808 Lady's Econ. Assist. 1 The worked part of the frock body must be set in quite plain.
1859 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 20 ii. 364 To prevent any escape of the manure while turning [the plough] and setting in again.
1888 Co-operative News 16 June 619 If the clothes are placed in cold water out of the boil the fabric will contract, and so set in the dirt.
1888 ‘J. S. Winter’ Bootle's Children xii. 90 I want the ring to be quite plain and heavy, with three stones set in level with the gold.
1889 ‘M. Gray’ Reproach of Annesley I. ii. ii. 158 Having now finished setting in a row of young plants.
b. absol. (See quot. 1530.)
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1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 714/1 I set in to the oven, as bakers do their breed... We shal nat set in tyll to morowe thre of the clocke.
c. To put (a vessel) in towards the shore. Also absol.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (transitive)] > set a ship's course > sail towards shore
to set in1887
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Feb. 10/2 The ship was set in towards the land by a current.
1891 F. W. Robinson Her Love & his Life III. vii. i. 236Set in to shore,’ cried Kerts, roughly.
d. To draw or gather in.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > tailor or make clothes [verb (transitive)] > gather
frouncea1533
gather1576
full1815
to set in1858
gauge1881
bunch1884
kilt1887
1858 Ladies' Cabinet Jan. 54/1 The skirt..is set in at the waist, in large fluted or hollow plaits.
2.
a. To direct into the fight. Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > fight (a battle, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > direct into battle
to set in1487
engage1868
to bring up1885
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) ix. 610 Schir Eduardis cumpany, Quhen thai had thrillit thame hastely, Set stoutly in the hedis agane.
b. to set in foot: to enter upon an undertaking.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake or set oneself to do [verb (intransitive)]
found12..
to take on (also upon) one(self)a1300
assay1330
study1340
to put (also lay, set, etc.) one's hand to the ploughc1384
intendc1385
pressc1390
to put oneself in pressc1390
gatherc1400
undertakec1405
sayc1425
to fall in hand with (also to do (something))c1450
setc1485
obligea1500
essay?1515
attend1523
supprise1532
to set in foot1542
enterprise1547
address1548
to set in hand1548
prove1612
to make it one's businessa1628
engage1646
embark1647
bend1694
to take hold1868
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 78v Whoso hath ones stepped foorth, and sette in foote to take charge of a commen weale.
1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. D.viiiv He hath set in foote, thyngs by wyt to be sped.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxxijv It belongeth..to the Emperour..to set in foote in counselles.
c. ‘To put in a way to begin’ (Johnson). Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person > to begin
to set in1695
1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 47 I think I had better decline the Task, than injure the Argument. However, if you please to assist, and set me In: I will endeavour to recollect my self for a short Conference.
3. intransitive. To make one's way into the fight, among the enemy; hence, to offer fight, to intervene in behalf of a person or in support of a cause.
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society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > contend in battle or give battle [verb (intransitive)] > join or meet in battle
to come togetherOE
to lay togetherc1275
smitec1275
to have, keep, make, smite, strike, battle1297
joustc1330
meetc1330
copec1350
assemblea1375
semblea1375
coup?a1400
to fight togethera1400
strikea1400
joinc1400
to join the battle1455
to commit battle?a1475
rencounter1497
to set ina1500
to pitch a battlea1513
concura1522
rescounter1543
scontre1545
journey1572
shock1575
yoke1581
to give in1610
mix1697
to engage a combat1855
to run (or ride) a-tilt1862
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (intransitive)] > take someone's part > intervene in support
to set in1656
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxix. 588 Whan thei saugh the hoste comynge thei merveiled fro whens so moche peple myght come. Neuertheles thei sette in a-monge hem.
1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 341 A rich opportunity..,to set in for Gods cause.
1656 R. Baxter Reformed Pastor 73 It is our duty to set in for the assistance of these,..to help them to a conquest of their corruptions.
1665 R. Sanderson 8 Cases Conscience (1674) 85 Princes may see cause to set in for their own safety and interest.
1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. v. 117 May not the Stoicks here set in, and help us out at a dead lift?
4. To set to work, begin (upon something); esp. followed by to, for. Also passive. Obsolete exc. dialect.
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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
1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum 495 Where the fire setteth in, the whole is spoiled.
1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Lev. xiii. 6) 136 God also will set in and wash such with the blood of his son.
1693 N. Tate tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires ii. 22 To behold your unnerv'd Sex set in To Needle-Work.
1700 W. Congreve Way of World iv. i. 53 Sir Wilfull is set into Drinking, Madam, in the Parlour.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 24. ⁋1 A worthy old Batchelor, who sets in for his Dose of Claret every Night.
1764 Museum Rusticum 2 xxix. 93 To let the first mower and his attendants set-in well before the second follow.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho II. xii. 464 They are all set in to feasting yet.
1835 T. Moore Mem. (1856) VII. 82 [I] set in hard at work at the remainder of my volume.
1837 C. Dickens Let. ?Dec. (1965) I. 346 I was in the humour for writing last night—..was regularly set in—when there came a double knock.
1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes II. i. 7 I go upon the hurricane-deck, and set in for two hours of hard walking up and down.
1893 Field 11 Feb. 191/2 It set in to freeze.
5. To begin, become prevalent: chiefly of the weather entering upon a particular state.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > [verb (intransitive)] > begin or become prevalent
to set in1684
set1892
the world > time > particular time > [verb (intransitive)] > come or arrive (of a time) > become settled
to come in1719
to set in1765
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > begin [verb (intransitive)]
beginc1000
comsea1225
gin?c1225
becomsea1375
commencec1380
to take beginninga1400
enterc1425
to start up1568
initiatea1618
inchoate1654
dawn1716
to take in1845
to take up1846
to set in1848
the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > undergo chemical reactions or processes [verb] > begin to react
to set in1857
1684 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 366 The weather now was set to an absolute Thaw & raine.
1765 S. Foote Commissary iii. 60 The latter end of the year, when the winter sets in.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Current When the western monsoons set, in December.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lx. 542 Politics set in a short time after dessert.
1856 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 11 Sept. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) II. v. 150 The evening set in misty and obscure.
1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem.: Org. (1862) 137 Though no fermentation had set in.
1890 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 148 32/1 Sooner or later a reaction must set in.
6. Of a current or wind: To flow or blow towards the shore.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > move in a certain direction [verb (intransitive)] > of current or wind
set14..
to set in1719
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 225 The Current of the Flood set in close by the Shore.
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 46 The westerly winds setting in on this coast.
1821 W. Scott Pirate I. i. 4 The current of a strong and furious tide..setting in betwixt the Orkney and Zetland Islands.
1831 Mirror XVII. 102/1 The tide sets in on this part of the coast with extraordinary velocity.
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