| 单词 | to set up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto set up to set up I. To place in a lofty position; to give notice of, and related uses. 1. a. To place in a high or lofty position; to raise to an elevated situation. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > set in a high position [verb (transitive)] to set upc1290 mountc1300 erect1552 hoise1581 perch1648 pinnacle1656 spike1743 imperch1786 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > raise heave971 hevenOE onheaveOE rearOE highOE arearc1175 to set above (also aloft, high, on high)c1275 upbraidc1275 to set upc1290 lifta1300 upheavea1300 upraisea1300 upreara1300 enhancec1300 araise1303 hance1303 uplifta1340 lift1362 raisec1384 upbear1390 uphancec1390 advancea1393 haut?a1400 to put upa1400 verec1400 hainc1440 inhigh1483 elevate1497 uphigh1513 alifta1522 height1530 heighten1530 exalt1535 extol1549 sublevate1559 rouse?1567 attol1578 elate1578 vaunce1582 dight1590 higher1592 tower1596 to fetch up1612 relevate1620 screwa1625 transcend1635 stilt1649 allevate1696 stiltify1860 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3430 He sette a steorrne upp o þe lift.] c1290 S. Eng. Leg. 238/680 Þis monekes he [a whale] ladde ech-on, And sette heom up hole and sounde. c1300 Arth. & Merl. 5911 [They] sett him vp as a king, Þat er lay as a breþeling. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur viii. xli. 336 Sir Gawayne..toke the knyghtes lady, and sette her vp behynde his squyer. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Pono He sette vp a marke on the toppe of an elme for archers to shoote at. 1582 W. Allen Briefe Hist. Glorious Martyrdom sig. A4v M. Ford being set vp in the carte. 1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes v. Ded. 406 You have brought me forth into the open field, and set me up to be gazed on. 1861 C. Beard Port Royal I. 308 They..set up an inscription in the same church. 1879 M. J. Guest Lect. Hist. Eng. xxxvi. 364 [She] caused his head to be set up on the gates of York. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > hunt birds [verb (transitive)] > cause birds to rise flush1450 to set up1496 spring1531 to tread up1808 walk1847 1496 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 305 To ij childer that chasit dukis in the dubbis, and set thaim vp to the halkis, ij s. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > hoist heave971 lifta1300 to set upa1300 lift1362 raisec1384 weigh1421 horsea1500 hawsec1500 heeze1513 hoise1548 hoist1548 wind1577 to work upc1610 hist1707 society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [verb (transitive)] > fly or hoist flags, etc. stretchc1400 to put outa1450 show1488 wear1558 to set out1573 to set up1585 to put abroad1625 fly1655 hoist1697 rehoist1765 run1815 a1300 Cursor Mundi 24829 Þair sail þai sett up o þair scipp. c1330 Arth. & Merl. 115 Vp þai sett sail & mast. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 16 Them, wych..wythout wynd wyl set up the sayle. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. i. 31 b [They] set vp a redde flagge. 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xvi. 599 The wind coming fair, he set up his Sails. 1790 London Comp. 144 Any waterman who sets up a sail between Lambeth and London Bridge, forfeits for each offence 5s. 3. To raise (a cry); to utter (vocal sound).to set up one's throat: see throat n. Phrases 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [verb (transitive)] > utter leadOE givec1175 tell?c1225 talkc1275 to set upa1325 to put outc1350 soundc1374 to give upc1386 pronouncea1393 cough1393 moutha1400 profera1400 forth withc1400 utterc1400 to put forth1535 display1580 vent1602 accent1603 respeak1604 vocalize1669 fetch1707 go1836 outen1951 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3717 Ðis folc ðo sette up grot and gred. 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus iv. ii. sig. Siijv Let vs begynne or set vppe a prety songe or balade. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 114 The whole Rout Set up their throats, with clamorous shout. 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 160 With one voice they set up a cry that reached up to the Heavens. View more context for this quotation 1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 222 They set up a Huzza. 1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas I. i. v. 23 Setting up my pipes, as if he had flead me. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. x. x. 135 The good old man set up a roar of laughter. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. xi. 284 Dame Crank set up her throat, and began a horrible exclamation against Jack Hostler. 1853 N. Hawthorne Tanglewood Tales (1883) 238 Setting up her childish voice, she called him back. 1887 M. B. Betham-Edwards Next of Kin Wanted II. vii. 78 Baby..set up a yell. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > a door, gate, etc. to do upOE to-thrustc1175 to weve upc1275 unshutc1315 to set upa1387 unyarka1400 to let up1400 yark upc1400 reclude?1440 dupa1549 dub1699 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 129 Whan Constantyn was i-cristened he made prisouns i-oponed,..and chirche dores i-sette up [L. aperiri]. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > a public sale > sell by public sale [verb (transitive)] > sell by auction > offer for sale by auction to set upc1535 to put up1678 to bring (also send, put up) to the hammer1828 c1535 Ploughman's Tale iii. sig. D.ii They that..sette hem vp to any sale. 1707 London Gaz. No. 4343/7 On the 4th of July..will be exposed to Sale.., 10 Bags of..Spanish Wool,..set up at 20d. per lb. 1812 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Purgatorio xiv. 64 Their flesh, yet living, sets he up for sale. 1819 W. Hazlitt Polit. Ess. 260 Let them set them up at auction, and see what they will fetch. 6. To post up (a paper or notice); to give notice of, advertise. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publishing or spreading by leaflets or notices > [verb (transitive)] > publish by placard, notice, or bill > put up a placard, notice, or bill stickc1425 to set upc1540 to stick up1562 post1647 to put up1693 poster1938 c1540 R. Morice in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) 24 And in the night season sett upp certeyn refutacions in wrytyng on the churche dore. 1562 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. iii. 163 Peter van Duran..was licensed by the same Courte to sett vp bylles vpon postes, in suche partes of this Cytye as to him shall seame good. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. iii. 145 Good Cinna, take this Paper..set this vp with Waxe Vpon old Brutus Statue. View more context for this quotation 1616 R. Cocks Diary (1883) I. 122 And soe we sett up a bill in writing, that I would geve a bar of plate to him which brought the keyes. 1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) To set up a Play on the Posts. 1708 Constitutions Company Watermen & Lightermen liii A Summons, to be set up at the most noted Plying~places between Gravesend and Windsor. 1779 E. Stiles Lit. Diary 1 June (1901) II. 343 I attended eveng prayers in the Chapel and set up College Orders. 1876 J. Fergusson Hist. Indian Archit. i. vi. 139 It appears unlikely that Asoka would have been allowed to set up two copies of his edicts in the dominions of such powerful kings as Aira and his father seem to have been. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [verb (transitive)] > brighten brightOE polisha1382 schirka1400 sheerc1400 esclarish1546 brighten1567 to set up1588 undarken1598 embright1605 embrighten1610 resplendour1632 undarka1644 elucidate1675 vivify1791 1588 T. Kyd tr. T. Tasso Housholders Philos. f. 22 The Pewter so set vppe, the Brasse and yron works so bright. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 94 Painters to set up their colours, and to give them more beautifull light and lustre. 1615 S. Ward Coal from Altar 24 I haue heard our Marchants complain, that the set vp blewes haue made strangers loath the rich oaded blewes. 8. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > tune [verb (transitive)] > tune strings wresta1000 straina1387 string1530 to set down1565 wrench1577 to wind up1608 wind1612 to screw up1625 to set up1643 screw1657 1643 M. Newcomen Craft Churches Adversaries 25 To proceed as Musicians doe in tuning their instruments: Who straine their strings with a gentle hand, and set them up by little and little. b. Nautical. To take in the ‘slack’ of (shrouds, stays), make taut. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > build a ship [verb (transitive)] > fit out or equip > rig > secure with stays > take in slack of stays or shrouds to set up1748 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. viii. 80 One mizen-shroud broke,..which we knotted, and set up immediately. 1750 T. R. Blanckley Naval Expositor Salvagees..are used when a Shroud or Back Stay wants setting up. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxv. 274 Setting up the weather breast-backstays. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. viii. 238 The hawser is to be set up by means of the double block tackle purchase. 9. (a) To stake: only in set up one's rest (see rest n.3 Phrases 2b). †(b) To score (so much) at cards. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > play a card [verb (transitive)] > actions or tactics > score to set up1680 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > play games of chance [verb (intransitive)] > stake > type of stake to play high1640 butter1671 set up one's rest1680 to play low1735 paroli1835 to go one's pile1836 to go nap1894 parlay1895 double up1940 1680 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester (ed. 2) 76 Cribbidge... And when they have play'd out their three Cards and set up with Counters their Games in their hands. 1680 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester (ed. 2) 82 He that hath three Honours in his own hand, his partner not having the fourth sets up Eight by Cards, that is two tricks. 10. a. To place in an exalted, eminent, or superior position; to raise to power or authority; sometimes spec. to put on the throne. Also absol. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > make powerful [verb (transitive)] to set up1387 ablec1425 fortify1470 strengthen1541 power1592 empower1643 invirtuate1650 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VIII. 41 Foure false popes þat Frederik þe emperour had i-sette up. c1480 (a1400) St. James Less 612 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 168 Þane Iosaphus þe met gert dycht, & set vpe tytus..to þe bowrde as þare oure-mane. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. v. sig. D5 All the things she did to ouerthrow him, did set him vp vpon the height of honor. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. ii. sig. N8 He maketh Kings to sit in souerainty; He maketh subiects to their powre obay; He pulleth downe, he setteth vp on hy. View more context for this quotation 1603 Ld. Cecil in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1848) (modernized text) I. 16 To dispossess his majesty and his royal issue of this crown, and to have set up the Lady Arabella Stuart. 1654 Z. Coke Art of Logick Ep. Ded. sig. a5 God hath set you up the Oracles of War. 1713 J. Addison Cato i. iv Where's the worth that sets this people up Above your own Numidia's tawny sons! 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. xiii. 297 She'll be keen for a'that can set up King James, and ding down King George. 1879 M. J. Guest Lect. Hist. Eng. xlvii. 477 Judges..were almost tools of the king, who could set them up and put them down at his pleasure. b. To appoint (an officer or functionary). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] > appoint (an official) appointc1460 constitute1481 constitue1489 to set up1642 1642 J. Vicars God in Mount 45 Lecturers, chosen and set up with the peoples consent. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. ii. 109 Some were for setting up a King. 1879 M. J. Guest Lect. Hist. Eng. xxxi. 308 Two rival popes were set up. c. To appoint to or nominate for a position. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] setc1000 stevenOE assign1297 inseta1300 stable1300 ordaina1325 instituec1384 to put ina1387 limitc1405 point?1405 stablish1439 institutec1475 invest1489 assumec1503 to fill the hands of1535 establish1548 settle1548 appoint1557 place1563 assumptc1571 dispose1578 seat1595 state1604 instate1613 to bring ina1616 officea1616 constitute1616 impose1617 ascribe1624 install1647 to set up1685 prick1788 1685 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 434 For the ensuing Parliament..very meane & slight persons..were set up. 1689 T. Rymer View Govt. Europe 40 A Mountebank was set up for Lord Chancellor. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 480 When a person was set up to be Sheriff that would not serve. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. xvi. 99 Supposing that he would set up his nephew when at age..as a representative for the county. 11. To make (a person) elated, proud, or vain; esp. in passive to be elated, gratified; to be proud, or ‘stuck-up’. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > take pride in [verb (transitive)] > make proud or fill with pride > elate with pride liftc1450 to set upa1529 elatea1631 erect1631 a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Fiiii Nowe she wyll laughe, forthwith she wyll frowne Sodenly set vp and sodenly pluckyd downe. 1602 B. Jonson Poetaster iv. iii. sig. G3 Come hither Cocatrice: here's one, will set thee vp, my sweet Punque; set thee vp. View more context for this quotation 1789 C. Smith Ethelinde II. viii. 189 He's not so set up with it. a1865 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters (1866) I. xiv. 170 Sister thought such a message would set you up too much. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. xii. 392 We were very much set up at making his acqaintance. 1893 R. Kipling Many Inventions 297 She's that set up you wouldn't know her. 12. a. †To speak highly of, extol, praise (obsolete); to put forward as a model, ‘put on a pedestal’. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)] heryc735 mickleeOE loveOE praise?c1225 upraisea1300 alosec1300 commenda1340 allow1340 laud1377 lose1377 avauntc1380 magnifya1382 enhancea1400 roosea1400 recommendc1400 recommanda1413 to bear up?a1425 exalt1430 to say well (also evil, ill, etc.) of (also by)1445 laudifyc1470 gloryc1475 advance1483 to bear out1485 prizec1485 to be or to have in laudationa1500 joya1500 extol1509 collaud1512 concend?1521 solemnize?1521 celebrate1522 stellify1523 to set up1535 well-word1547 predicate1552 glorify1557 to set forth1565 admire1566 to be up with1592 voice1594 magnificate1598 plaud1598 concelebrate1599 encomionize1599 to con laud1602 applauda1616 panegyrize1617 acclamate1624 to set offa1625 acclaim1626 raise1645 complement1649 encomiate1651 voguec1661 phrase1675 to set out1688 Alexander1700 talk1723 panegyricize1777 bemouth1799 eulogizea1810 rhapsodize1819 crack up1829 rhapsody1847 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > exalt or glorify [verb (transitive)] heavec825 higheOE brightenOE clarifya1340 glorifya1340 enhancec1374 stellifyc1384 biga1400 exalt?a1400 raisea1400 shrinea1400 to bear up?a1425 enhighc1440 erect?a1475 assumec1503 amount1523 dignifya1530 to set up1535 extol1545 enthronize1547 augment1567 sublimate?1567 sublime1568 assumptc1571 begoda1576 royalize1589 suscitate1598 swell1601 consecrate1605 realize1611 reara1616 sphere1615 ingreata1620 superexalta1626 soara1627 ascend1628 rise1628 embroider1629 apotheose1632 grandize1640 engreaten1641 engrandizea1652 mount1651 intronificate1653 magnificent1656 superposit1661 grandify1665 heroify1677 apotheosize1695 enthrone1699 aggrandize1702 pantheonize1801 hoist1814 princify1847 queen1880 heroize1887 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Song Three Children 63 O ye spretes and soules of the righteous, speake good of ye Lorde: prayse him, and set him vp for euer. b. dialect (esp. Scottish) in ironical or contemptuous use. ΚΠ 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well I. ii. 50 Set him up for confectioner! 1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) (at cited word) She rides in a coach—set her up, indeed! 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xi. 126 Which makes me the keener for your company, Mr. David Balfour of the Shaws, and set ye up! II. To place in an upright position, and related uses. 13. a. To place in an erect position; to set or stand upright; to erect (an image, statue); to raise (a standard). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > vertical position > make vertical [verb (transitive)] > make upright or erect rearOE rightOE to set upa1225 raisea1250 upreara1300 risea1400 to dress upc1400 stand?a1425 upsetc1440 dress1490 to stick up1528 arrect1530 erect1557 prick1566 upright1590 mounta1616 the world > space > relative position > vertical position > make vertical [verb (transitive)] > make upright or erect > a structure areara800 to set upa1225 to bring up1297 biga1400 seta1400 erect1417 hainc1440 rect?a1475 to fix up1569 uptower1848 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [verb (transitive)] > erect a statue to set upa1225 erect1570 rect1638 a1225 Leg. Kath. 1468 Me schal..setten hit [an ymage] on heh up. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13598 Þa lette he sette up þene drake heremærken unimake. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 1746 A Chese [= chessboard] þere was I-brouȝt forth..The meyne were I-set vp. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxii. 215 She fell downe in a transe... Than Huon..set her vp, and comfortyd her. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 716/1 Set up this ladder agaynst the wall. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. i. 2 We must not make a scar-crow of the Law, Setting it vp to feare the Birds of prey. View more context for this quotation 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §435 It hath beene knowne, that a Fruit-Tree hath beene blowne vp (almost) by the Roots, and set vp againe, and the next yeare bare exceedingly. 1685 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 449 Certaine Intelligence of the Duke of Monmoths..having set up his standart, as K. of England. 1707 S. Sewall Diary 7 Aug. (1973) I. 571 Peter Weare set up the Stone Post to shew a Mile from the Town-House ends. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. xii. 316 In less than a minute, by setting up his moustaches and his hair, he seemed a different person. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 359 Palisades were set up, and a pleasant garden laid out. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. viii. 387 Old Bailey gravely sets up the middle stump again and puts the bails on. 1879 M. J. Guest Lect. Hist. Eng. xxiii. 234 A beautiful monument was set up. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > beautify (the hair) [verb (transitive)] > cut shearc897 shavec1320 topc1330 dockc1386 clipc1405 pollc1450 roundc1450 coll1483 cow?1507 not1530 trim1530 tonse1555 benotte1594 decurtate1599 scissora1625 to set upa1625 tonsure1793 a1625 J. Fletcher Wild-goose Chase (1652) ii. iii. 21 Let me set my Beard up. a1625 J. Fletcher Humorous Lieut. iv. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Rrr4v/1 She hates curl'd heads too, And setting up of beards she sweares, is Idolatrie. c. To ‘erect’ (lines) in a plan. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing lines > draw lines [verb (transitive)] to set up1731 1731 W. Halfpenny Perspective made Easy 24 To draw the Steps, first draw their Plan.., then set up their intended Heights..from G, on the Line G g. 1830 P. Hedderwick Treat. Marine Archit. 247 Set up the tangent-lines at the exact half-breadth of the midship-frame, on each side of the centre-line. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (transitive)] > spin > set spinning to set upa1616 birl1724 pirl1791 a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. v. 154 He turn'd me about with his finger and his thumbe, as one would set vp a Top. View more context for this quotation 1649 R. Lovelace Loose Saraband in Lucasta 27 Then as a Top he sets it up, And pitifully whips it. 1679 J. Dryden Troilus & Cressida iii. i. 25 He's an old wooden top, set up by father Time three hundred years ago. e. to set up one's bristles: to be irate. to set up one's comb or hair: to be proud. to set one's back up, etc.: see back n.1 24f. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > be proud [verb (intransitive)] proudOE pride?c1225 to set up one's comb or hair1528 to hold up one's nose1579 plume1685 superbiate1785 erect one's crest1796 the mind > emotion > anger > [verb (intransitive)] > become angry wrethec900 wrothc975 abelghec1300 to move one's blood (also mood)c1330 to peck moodc1330 gremec1460 to take firea1513 fumec1522 sourdc1540 spitec1560 to set up the heckle1601 fire1604 exasperate1659 to fire up1779 to flash up1822 to get one's dander up1831 to fly (occasionally jump, etc.) off (at) the handle1832 to have (also get) one's monkey up1833 to cut up rough, rusty, savage1837 rile1837 to go off the handle1839 to flare up1840 to set one's back up1845 to run hot1855 to wax up1859 to get one's rag out1862 blow1871 to get (also have) the pricker1871 to turn up rough1872 to get the needle1874 to blaze up1878 to get wet1898 spunk1898 to see red1901 to go crook1911 to get ignorant1913 to hit the ceiling1914 to hit the roof1921 to blow one's top1928 to lose one's rag1928 to lose one's haira1930 to go up in smoke1933 hackle1935 to have, get a cob on1937 to pop (also blow) one's cork1938 to go hostile1941 to go sparec1942 to do one's bun1944 to lose one's wool1944 to blow one's stack1947 to go (also do) one's (also a) dingerc1950 rear1953 to get on ignorant1956 to go through the roof1958 to keep (also blow, lose) one's cool1964 to lose ita1969 to blow a gasket1975 to throw a wobbler1985 1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. xlvijv Then fume we and rage and sett vp the bristels. ?1533 W. Tyndale Expos. Mathew vi. f. lxiv If it moue the to set vp thy combe when thou geuest thy brother a ferthynge or an halfepennye. 1576 G. Gascoigne Droomme of Doomes Day in Wks. (1910) II. 251 Men thus advaunced..hould up theyr heads, set up their heare, shew theyr pryde. 1845 B. Disraeli Sybil I. i. iii. 27 But the other great whig families..set up their backs against this claim of the Egremonts. 1886 W. Besant Children of Gibeon I. i. ix. 198 I hear you've been to see my mother and you've set her back up. f. U.S. To put (drink, etc.) before customers for their consumption; hence, to ‘treat’ to (drinks, cigars). Also in to set them up, to provide free drinks. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [verb (transitive)] birleOE drenchc1000 shenchOE adrenchc1275 to drink to1297 tap1401 skinkc1405 propinec1450 brince?1567 liquor1575 to do right1600 dram1770 butler1826 jerk1868 to set up1880 drink1883 bartend1948 to break out1962 1880 A. A. Hayes in Harper's Mag. Jan. 209/1 You bet he lived high; always set up the drinks. 1883 A. E. Sweet & J. A. Knox On Mexican Mustang iii. 47 Then he swore, and cussed the ‘demmed country, you know’, but finally got into good humor, and set 'em up all round. 1884 Lincoln (Nebraska) Jrnl. Aug. A counter where the beer could be set up. 1888 Lisbon (Dakota Territory) Star 9 Nov. 2/6 Well, we must make him set up the cigars on that happy event. 1906 C. de L. Canfield Diary of Forty-Niner ix. 83 Of course, it was drinks all around; you can't do anything in this country without setting 'em up first. 1949 C. Himes Mama's Missionary Money in Crisis Nov. 305/2 He set up all the boys in the neighborhood to peanut brittle and icecream and rock candy. 1965 G. Melly Owning-up vi. 64 In exchange for a song or two from me, he was prepared to set them up all night. 14. a. To erect and make ready for use; to pitch (a tent); †to erect (a building). Cf. 60. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > construct workOE dighta1175 to set upc1275 graitha1300 formc1300 pitchc1330 compoundc1374 to put togethera1387 performc1395 bigc1400 elementc1400 complexion1413 erect1417 framea1450 edifya1464 compose1481 construe1490 to lay together1530 perstruct1547 to piece together1572 condite1578 conflate1583 compile1590 to put together1591 to set together1603 draw1604 build1605 fabric1623 complicate1624 composit1640 constitute1646 compaginate1648 upa1658 complex1659 construct1663 structurate1664 structure1664 confect1677 to put up1699 rig1754 effect1791 structuralize1913 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > camping or encamping > pitch (tent or camp) [verb (transitive)] teldc725 slayc1000 to set upc1275 pitchc1325 allodgec1330 wickc1330 streeka1340 till1362 stretch1382 pick?a1400 tent1553 stenda1600 to strike up1755 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4347 Þa þet work wes up iset. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 10378 Sir Ioachim was fain and blith, And vp he sett an auter suith. a1400–50 Wars Alex. 2296 Þe powere him grauntis To sett his cite vp agayn. 1471–3 in Cal. Proc. Chanc. Q. Eliz. (1830) II. Pref. 55 The seid hous shuld have be..fully sett upp, garnysshed, and doon by the fest of the nativite of our lady Seint Mary. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. miiij/1 He made hys tentys to be sette vp there. 1523–4 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 323 Paid..for Settyng vpp of a pewe in Seint Annys chappell iiij d. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. xiii. 49 Constantinople being reedified and new sette vp. 1603 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. 152 When they were settinge upp the chimle pyppes and the batlement. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 247 He voutsafes Among them to set up his Tabernacle. View more context for this quotation 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 247 I made a..fram'd Door Case, and a Door.., and set it up in the Passage. 1880 Lady F. Dixie Across Patagonia Several vain attempts were made to set up the tents, but the wind was too strong. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > build a ship [verb (transitive)] to set upc1595 c1595 T. Maynarde Sir Francis Drake his Voy. (1849) 11 Settinge up more newe pinnaces. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 213 I oblig'd him to set up the Sloop which I had brought [in frame]. 15. To set (a trap), lay (a snare). Now dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (transitive)] > trap > set traps setc825 teldc1000 layc1200 to set up1579 tail1770 toila1819 1579 S. Gosson Apol. Schoole of Abuse in Ephemerides Phialo f. 89 Cupide sets vpp a Springe for Woodcockes. 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Ttv/2 To set up a Mouse-trap. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. at Set up A man ‘sets up a trap for vermin’. 16. a. To put together the parts of (a machine) and erect it in position.Merges in the sense of ‘establish, set on foot’, see to set out 26 at Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > put together parts (of something) and erect it to fix up1569 to set up1683 1683 Repr. Advantages Manuf. Woollen-cloath 18 We have 25 Loomes constantly imployed, and have ordered the setting up 10 more. 1751 C. Labelye Descr. Westm. Bridge 84 Three..Months were employed..by the Carpenters in new framing and setting up the Centers. 1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 323 [He] ought to know as much of setting-up a Press as the Press-man himself. 1872 F. L. Pope Telegraph i. 13 In setting up the battery pure water may be used in the porous cell. 1879 M. J. Guest Lect. Hist. Eng. xxviii. 284 Flemish weavers set up their looms and taught the English to weave cloth. b. To start (a piece of work) on a loom, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > set to work upon or begin to deal with to set about ——a1300 to set upon ——1555 fall1589 to deal on, upon1597 to break up1688 begin1808 to set up1857 1857 M. Cummins Mabel Vaughan xxxiii Drawing a huge ball of yarn from her pocket, [she] commenced setting up a stocking. 1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner v. 78 A piece of very fine twine was indispensable to his ‘setting up’ a new piece of work in his loom. c. To make the necessary interconnections and initial settings in (a computer) for the performance of a particular calculation; to do this so that the computer will solve (an equation), perform (a calculation), etc. ΚΠ 1931 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 212 459 A bus shaft is assigned to each significant quantity appearing in the equation. The several relations existing between these are then set up by means of connections to the operating units. 1948 Electronics Apr. 124/1 When combining circuit elements to form an analog computer, the first step is to set up the differential equations to be solved. 1948 Electronics Apr. 126/3 Consider setting up the computer for solving the differential equation p2y —0·2py —y = 0. 1962 MacKay & Fisher Analogue Computing at Ultra-High Speed xiii. 171 The procedure for setting up a given equation on an analyser is not difficult. 1964 G. A. Korn & T. M. Korn Electronic Analog & Hybrid Computers ii. 37 The computer is ‘set up’ for the given problem when a suitable arrangement of computing elements establishes the correct relationships between computer voltages. 17. Typography. To put (types) into the composing-stick; to arrange (type) in words or blocks of words; to put (a book, etc.) into type; occasionally said of the type (quot. 1770). Also absol. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > preparatory processes > composing > compose [verb (transitive)] set1530 compose1637 to set up1668 1668–9 J. Leigh Let. to S. Clarke (MS. Rawl. D. 398 f. 141) I Request yu giue halfe Crown a man to each Compositor when hee begins to sett it vp. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 180 When the Boy Sets up Letters..[he] takes the Composing-stick..in his left-Hand. 1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 247 A Fount of English, which sat up about twelve sheets in 4to of the Surgeons Case, in Paris. 1818 Ld. Byron Epist. to Murray i My dear Mr. Murray, Your'e in a damn'd hurry, To set up this ultimate Canto. 1832 Hallam in Life Tennyson (1897) I. 89 The (printer's) devils are full of promise to set up immediately. 1891 Chambers's Jrnl. 16 May 319/2 The speech..was set up in an incredibly short time. 18. To place (the dead body of an animal stuffed or otherwise treated for preservation) in an erect or lifelike position. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > zoology > taxidermy > [verb (transitive)] > place animal's body in position to set up1783 1783 Ann. Reg. 1781 Nat. Hist. 64/2 These bats were kept for some time..before they were set up. 1861 Temple Bar 3 500 A nearly perfect skeleton has been obtained and is being set up. 1884 G. Allen Philistia I. 2 Where they stuffed birds or set up exotic butterflies in little cabinets. 1892 Field 30 Jan. 133/3 I am sending the skin..to be set up. 19. to be well (straight) set up: to have a stalwart, well-knit frame. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > [verb (intransitive)] to be well madea1350 to be well (straight) set upa1854 a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) iii. 159 Charles Hope..was tall and well set up. 1861 Temple Bar 3 53 Leotard is not straight set up, after the standard so cherished by soldier martinets. 1904 P. Burne-Jones Dollars & Democr. 53 In New York..the women..are so well ‘set up’, so excellently ‘turned out’. 20. a. To make erect and soldierly by drill. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > drill or training > drill [verb (transitive)] > make soldierly by drill to set up1865 1865 G. Meredith Rhoda Fleming i No master of callisthenics could have set them up better. 1893 Chambers's Jrnl. 10 June 364/1 When I joined the [Police] Force I was a big awkward-looking, country Johnny... Drill soon set me up. b. (See quot. 1842.) ΚΠ 1842 in R. Oastler Fleet Papers II. 134 The assault consisted in ‘setting her up’, that is, making her hold a brush above her head for an hour and forty minutes; and when her arms began to be tired, and dropped a little, he put them up again. 21. Agriculture. To earth up (root-crops). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivate plants or crops [verb (transitive)] > earth up bank1577 hill1577 mould1601 earth1658 heela1722 to set up1801 landa1806 stitch1805 soil1844 earthen1904 1801 Farmer's Mag. Jan. 52 The turnips thrive better when not set up. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > pricing > attach a price to [verb (transitive)] > set or fix price (of) loveOE prizea1325 setc1420 make1423 cheapa1464 price1471 ratify1511 to set up?1529 apprize1533 rate1599 to set down1599 pitch1624 tax1846 to charge1889 sale-price1959 society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [verb (transitive)] > increase (prices) > raise the price of advance?a1400 dearthc1440 to set up?1529 mount1532 price1533 hoise1581 endear1603 raisea1626 to mark up1868 to price up1904 lift1907 ?1529 Proper Dyaloge Gentillman & Husbandman sig. A vj Oure fearmes sett vpp dayly more and more. ?1529 Proper Dyaloge Gentillman & Husbandman sig. A vjv And yet no hygher price was ther vp sett Than good conscyence dyd require. 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. F3 v In setting vp a sise of Bread. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > compose (poetry) [verb (transitive)] to set up1607 compose1651 1607 Statutes in M. H. Peacock Hist. Free Gram. School Wakefield (1892) 72 Those which are able shall upon that daye sett upp verses. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > play a card [verb (transitive)] > sit down to play to set up1616 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > play a card [verb (transitive)] > actions or tactics > make up a side to set up1616 1616 B. Jonson Epicœne iii. vi, in Wks. I. 562 Cen...Mavis, and shee will set vp a side. Trv...and mistris Mavis, shee will sustaine her part. III. To put in operation, establish. 25. a. To put into operation; to bring into use or vogue; to establish a course or series of. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > put into operation to set upa1400 to firk up1604 a1400–50 Wars Alex. 2135 And settes vp a sawte to þe towne sydes. 1570 G. Buchanan Chamæleon in Vernac. Writings (1892) 46 [He] socht to mak ane other change of court, and set vp new play agane. 1613 G. Chapman Reuenge Bussy D'Ambois v. sig. I4 I haue had Lotteries set vp for my death. 1622 in King James VI & I Gracious Let. to Earle of South-Hampton (title page) The present setting up of Silke works..in Virginia. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1664 (1955) III. 376 The Lottery, which his Majestie had permitted Sir Arth: Slingsby to set up for one day in the Banqueting house at whitehall. 1685 J. Dryden Albion & Albanius Pref. sig. (b)2v When Opera's were first set up in France. 1700 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) V. 391 Some Lectures, were set up. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 35 All the Plays and Interludes, which..had been set up. 1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. II. iii. 44 The numerous smaller periodical works which were set up by Steele. 1849 Notes & Queries 1st Ser. 1 33 A new post-coach had been set up which performed the journey to Bath in a single day. b. To cause (a certain condition, esp. of disease) to arise. Often passive. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > give rise to makeOE breedc1200 wakea1325 wakenc1330 engendera1393 gendera1398 raisea1400 begetc1443 reara1513 ingener1513 ingenerate1528 to stir upc1530 yield1576 to pull ona1586 to brood up1586 to set afloat (on float)1586 spawn1594 innate1602 initiate1604 inbreed1605 irritate1612 to give rise to1630 to let in1655 to gig (out)1659 to set up1851 gin1887 1851 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 12 ii. 528 Inflammation is set up in the soft tissue. 1853 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 14 i. 199 Fermentation was more readily set up. 1889 A. V. Carr Margaret Maliphant II. xxi. 122 Want of proper nourishment..had caused the accident to set up a disease. 1891 Cornhill Mag. Dec. 601 This sets up fructification. 26. To establish (a state of things, a custom, a form of government, a society, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > found or establish > establish a state of things to set up1431 establish1600 1431 Acts Privy Council IV. 95 It alwey pourveide and seene þat..justice be set uppe and stabylysshede þere. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Chron. xix. A Whan he wente to set vp his power by the water Euphrates. 1548 H. Latimer Notable Serm. sig. C.iiiv His office is to hynder religyon,..to set vp Idolatrie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (1623) i. iii. 50 To plucke a Kingdome downe, And set another vp. 1640 Articles against William Archbishop of Canterbury sig. B Hee went about to subvert the Religion established in this Kingdome, and to set up Papistrie and superstition. c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 200 They have their Coales and 3 shillings pr weeke allowed to Each to maintain them,..its set up and allowed to by Mr Coleson a mercht in London. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 52 The legislature..which was originally set up by the general consent of the society. 1820 W. Irving Little Brit. in Sketch Bk. vii. 104 Party spirit ran very high..in consequence of two rival ‘Burial Societies’ being set up in the place. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xii. 225 Though he had not taken part in setting up the new government. 1861 Macmillan's Mag. 4 371/1 He succeeded in setting up Episcopacy..in Scotland. 1890 T. F. Tout in F. Y. Powell et al. Hist. Eng. III. 151 The house of Savoy now set up a united Italy. 27. a. To set on foot, establish (a business, profession); to begin (housekeeping, life).to set up shop: see shop n., adj., and int. Phrases 8. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > found or establish arear?a800 astellc885 planteOE i-set971 onstellOE rightOE stathelOE raisec1175 stofnec1175 stablea1300 morec1300 ordainc1325 fermc1330 foundc1330 instore1382 instituec1384 establec1386 firmc1425 roota1450 steadfastc1450 establishc1460 institute1483 to set up1525 radicate1531 invent1546 constitute1549 ordinate1555 rampire1555 upset1559 stay1560 erect1565 makea1568 settle1582 stablish1590 seminarize1593 statuminatea1628 hain1635 bottom1657 haft1755 start1824 1525 Coventry Leet Bk. 691 Euery persone that haith beene full prentise..doithe sett vp his occupacion or Craft within the same [city]. 1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. Aiii To set vp houses and kepe hospitalyty. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xvi. 130 b They haue also there set vp printing, not before seene in those countries. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 136 Buying pewter, brasse, and such like implements as if to set up house keeping. 1663 A. Marvell Let. 19 May in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 36 The Earle of Carlisle is going upon an Extraordinary Ambassage to Muscovy in order to setting up the English trade again there. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. p. xvii I have often wished, that certain..Instructors..would set up Schools. 1778 Ann. Reg. 1777 Characters 42/1 He returned to London and set up the small-coal trade. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. x. 236 He taught the science of the small-sword, and set up a saloon-of-arms. 1869 ‘W. Bradwood’ The O.V.H. vi The next thing we shall hear will be that you have set up house and got married. 1894 H. Drummond Lowell Lect. Ascent of Man 299 As new cells budded from the parent they moved away and set up life for themselves. b. To begin the use or practice of; to adopt as part of one's establishment, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > begin the practice of to set upa1704 a1704 T. Brown Dialogues of Dead in 4th Vol. Wks. (1720) 142 She set up a Basset-Table. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 176. ⁋8 [I] have set up a Pack of little Beagles. 1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas III. viii. ix. 158 I..bought the coach of a notary, who had set it up through ostentation, and now wanted to get rid of it. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. ii. 39 He had lately set up a carriage. 1854 ‘C. Bede’ Further Adventures Mr. Verdant Green (ed. 2) xi. 97 He conceived the idea of setting up a drum! 1860 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 63 You will have heard of my setting up a second servant. 1890 Cornhill Mag. July 45 Improved..by the short beard he had set up. c. To prepare, set in readiness (apparatus, machinery, etc.). (A more generalized application of sense 16c.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > prepare apparatus or machinery rig1797 to tune up1901 to set up1922 1922 H. D. Burghardt Machine Tool Operation II. viii. 157 Sometimes an unskilled man or boy can operate several machines after they have been ‘set up’ by a skilled mechanic. 1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio viii. 142 To be able to put the disc on the turntable, locate the right groove,..and set the record up ready for playing in. 1977 P. Dickinson Walking Dead i. iii. 39 Foxe felt most fully alive..when he was setting up a new experiment. d. gen. To make preparations or arrangements for; to contrive, plot (a move, trick, etc.); to arrange (a social engagement). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > make preparations for (an event, etc.) apparelc1314 purveya1382 prevenea1522 bespeak1582 providea1616 forespeak1659 formel1673 to set the stage1937 organize1952 to set up1965 1965 P. O'Donnell Modesty Blaise vii. 83 If Gabriel or anyone else has been setting up a job from here, Paco will know about it. 1968 P. N. Corlett & J. D. Tinsley Pract. Programming iv. 66 In a game of Nim..two players move alternately and take any number of matches from one pile, the winner taking the last match. If a player can set up a winning position, he cannot lose unless he makes a mistake in a subsequent move. 1971 Daily Tel. 28 Oct. 3 (heading) Boy, 12, set up cripple's death jury is told. 1973 R. Busby Pattern of Violence vi. 104 Let's set this thing up. I'll get onto the divisional commander. 1973 Houston Chron. 14 Oct. (Suppl.) 8/4 We set up a date and a couple of weeks later Agnew and I sat down in his suite in a Chicago hotel. 1978 R. Thomas Chinaman's Chance xxii. 228 ‘Could you set it up?’ ‘No problem.’ 28. To provide (a person) with means; to place in a position of prosperity or in the way of retrieving one's fortune; to set ‘on one's legs’ again. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restoration of a person > [verb (transitive)] > to prosperity redressa1400 to set up1530 revive1560 the world > action or operation > prosperity > cause to prosper or flourish [verb (transitive)] > put (a person) in prosperous condition on one's feetOE to set upa1616 to set (a person) on (also upon) his (also her, etc.) legs1632 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 716/1 I shall than be set up agayne. 1584 T. Lodge Alarum against Vsurers 10 Thou maist haue money in thy pursse, and other necessaries to set thee vp againe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. i. 10 May they not be my Oracles as well, And set me vp in hope. View more context for this quotation 1658 J. Mennes & J. Smith Wit Restor'd 25 But when a Fammily is sunck, And Titles are a fading, Some Merchant's daughter setts you up. 1729 W. Law Serious Call viii. 112 She has set up near twenty poor tradesmen that had fail'd in their business. 1811 M. Titherington Diary in Mem. (1819) 103 Job was set up again by the bounty of his friends. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxv. 271 We had a light, fair wind, which set us up again. 1892 Illustr. Sporting & Dramatic News 10 Dec. 446/3 He soon set us all up in funds. 29. a. To establish or start (a person) in a business or profession; transferred said of the money, stock, or outfit sufficient to equip a person. to be set up for (colloq.): to be well provided with. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > career > have career [verb (transitive)] > set person up in profession or business to set up1556 1556 in J. W. Clay North Country Wills (1908) I. 238 The same company [of mercers in London] shall deliver yerlie the said rent to one poore yong man to sett hym up that hathe nother father nor mother. 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xlvii. sig. H10v Two Deskes, and a quire of paper set him vp. 1679–88 in J. Y. Akerman Moneys Secret Services Charles II & James II (1851) 88 To Wm Lloyd,..bounty, to sett him up to his trade of a shoemaker. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 217 I was..set up in the World, made a Master. 1745 Life Bampfylde-Moore Carew 52 He expended a small Sum of Money to set her up for a retail Trader in Buckles. 1826 New Monthly Mag. 16 366 Mistress of as many branches of knowledge as would set up half-a-dozen literary hacks. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxii. 190 He had brilliant under-waistcoats, any one of which would have set up a moderate buck. 1863 Mrs. H. Wood Verner's Pride I. v. 57 I'm set up for cotton gownds. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. xiii. 271 Now, John, if you don't fix a time for setting her up in her own house and home, and letting us walk out of it, I'll turn Informer. 1886 R. C. Praed Miss Jacobsen's Chance II. iii. 48 His father will set him up in business. b. reflexive. To constitute or establish oneself (as). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiating or founding [verb (reflexive)] > establish oneself rootc1400 to set up1883 1883 G. M. Fenn Middy & Ensign xxiv. 142 Dick had no intention of setting himself up as a prophet. 1891 Murray's Mag. 10 728 The Wincauntons set themselves up as judges of their neighbours. c. To bring (someone) to a position from which he may be knocked down, to make vulnerable (literal, as in Pugilism); figurative (colloquial and slang), to lead on in order to fool, cheat, or incriminate (a person); to ‘frame’. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > collusion, intrigue > conspire against [verb (transitive)] > attempt to implicate job1889 frame1912 to set up1950 1950 J. Dempsey Championship Fighting x. 49 If you can land solidly with a straight left or with a left hook, you'll generally knock your opponent off balance, at least, and ‘set him up’ for a pot-shot with your right. 1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues xxi. 187 When I saw them running across the rooftops with my money, I knew I'd been had. Somebody had set me up. 1963 L. Deighton Horse under Water xxxi. 127 Either Mr. Ivor Batcher was double-crossing his boss or I was being set up. 1964 S. Bellow Herzog 109 Of course he understood that Tennie was setting him up, and that he was a sucker for just the sort of appeal she made. 1979 A. Price Tomorrow's Ghost ii. 23 ‘You're deliberately using them for bait, for God's sake.’ ‘Oh no we're not... We didn't set them up.’ 1981 ‘E. V. Cunningham’ Case of Sliding Pool ix. 101 He had a partner, whom he set up from the very beginning for the kill. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > put right [verb (transitive)] > put right (a wrong or loss) winc1220 righta1275 astorec1300 addressa1325 reform1405 dressc1410 redressa1413 arightc1420 refound1497 richa1500 redub1531 repair1533 to make good1569 reducec1592 remend1592 to set up1610 to get up1688 1610 Bible (Douay) II. 1 Macc. iii. 43 Let us set up [L. erigamus] the abasing of our people, and let us fight for our people. c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1851) II. 433 Whill his loissis wes set wp. 31. To bring to a proper state of health and strength; to restore to health. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > heal or cure [verb (transitive)] > restore to health healc1000 temperc1000 recoverc1330 covera1375 restorec1384 recovera1398 rectifya1400 revert1446 recruita1661 re-establish1664 to set up1686 to bring toa1796 reinstate1810 tinker1823 recuperate1849 to bring about1854 to pick up1857 to fetch round1870 re-edify1897 to pull round1900 1686 G. Burnet Let. 14 June in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) VI. 181 I am extream sorry to hear that my Lady Ranalagh has of late had ill health but I hope the season of the year will set her up again. 1727 A. Boyer Dictionaire Royal (rev. ed.) (at cited word) To set one up again..(to recover his Health). 1804 Ld. Nelson Lett. (1814) II. 63 A little of your good nursing, with ass's milk, will set me up for another campaign. 1863 J. Carlyle Let. 5 July in Lett. & Memorials (1883) III. 170 I returned from that visit quite set up. 1889 E. Lynn Linton Thro' Long Night II. ii. xiii. 200 Change is just what Estelle wants to set her up again. IV. To put away, store. 32. To put away for future use, lay up in store, store away. Obsolete or dialect. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > storage > store [verb (transitive)] again-layOE to put upc1330 to lay up?a1366 bestow1393 to set up1421 reserve1480 powder1530 store1552 uplay1591 garnera1616 storea1616 revestry1624 reposit1630 barrel1631 magazine1643 stock1700 to salt down1849 reservoir1858 tidy1867 larder1904 1421 Coventry Leet Bk. 33 Þat hur hoost haue in charge that they bryng all hur fysche in-to the markett, without they sett up any fische in any othur fyschers houses. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 716/1 Go, set up this bagge of monaye, tyll I call for it. 1588 T. Kyd tr. T. Tasso Housholders Philos. f. 3 Mellons, Cytrons, and such like,..were at a wincke of his reserued and set vp. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 82 They beginne them in the midst of the broade side, making a round hole there, into which hole, when the cheese is to be set vp, they put some few drops of wine. a1732 T. Boston Memoirs (1776) ix. 230 I..refused to eat;..and the meat was set up again untasted. 1745 J. Swift Direct. to Servants 39 If your Lady orders you to set up a Piece of Meat for Supper. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 393 The corn is then set up, that is, set down in the sacks on the floor, and remains there unemptied. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [verb (transitive)] > stable or stall stablec1380 to set upc1440 livery1837 the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [verb (transitive)] > fatten masteOE fatc1386 frankc1440 to set up1540 fatten1552 feed1552 cram1577 engrease1583 to raise in flesh1608 adipate1623 saginate1623 batten1638 to stall to1764 tallow1765 to fat off1789 to make up1794 higglea1825 finish1841 force1847 to feed off1852 steam1947 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (transitive)] > fatten masteOE fatc1386 to set up1540 fatten1552 feed1552 forcea1571 cram1577 engrease1583 to raise in flesh1608 saginate1623 to stall to1764 tallow1765 stall-feed1766 graze1787 to fat off1789 to make up1794 higglea1825 finish1841 to feed off1852 steam1947 c1440 Alphabet of Tales 124 He went privalie into þe stabyll þer þe knightis man had sett vp her hors. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xixv For and she be rydden vpon and set vp hote. 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus v. v. sig. Bbjv The caulfe that is well fatted. i. that is set vp to be made fatte. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 46 My Companion..sets vp his Asses in the Stable. a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1714) 21 When I..had set up my Horse at an Inn. 1768 Boyer's Royal Dict. (rev. ed.) (at cited word) To set up a coach..Dételer les chevaux d'un carrosse. V. To put in opposition. 34. a. To put into an attitude of hostility or opposition; to incite, instigate. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate stirc897 putOE sputc1175 prokec1225 prickc1230 commovec1374 baitc1378 stingc1386 movea1398 eager?a1400 pokec1400 provokea1425 tollc1440 cheera1450 irritec1450 encourage1483 incite1483 harden1487 attice1490 pricklea1522 to set on1523 incense1531 irritate1531 animate1532 tickle1532 stomach1541 instigate1542 concitea1555 upsteer1558 urge1565 instimulate1570 whip1573 goad1579 raise1581 to set upa1586 to call ona1592 incitate1597 indarec1599 alarm1602 exstimulate1603 to put on1604 feeze1610 impulse1611 fomentate1613 emovec1614 animalize1617 stimulate1619 spura1644 trinkle1685 cite1718 to put up1812 prod1832 to jack up1914 goose1934 the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > set in opposition set1297 gain-set1435 matchc1440 oppone1463 to set upa1586 oppose1600 counterpone1629 antipose1631 antipathize1667 pit1754 antagonize1849 a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David (1823) vii. vi Arise, O Lord, in wrath thy self up sett Against such rage of foes. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. iv. 11 They set mee vp in pollicie, that mongrill curre Aiax, against that dogge of as bad a kinde Achilles. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. i. 29 Hee was skilfull enough to haue liu'd stil, if knowledge could be set vp against mortallitie. View more context for this quotation 1803 Pic Nic No. 4. 5 They set up argument against matter of fact. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. v. 150 As for them that have abused your Grace's ear, and set you up against a man that [etc.]. a1845 S. Smith Elem. Sketches Moral Philos. (1850) 218 Sudden variation,..in a great scale, is most commonly either grand or sublime; it sets all the faculties up in arms. 1884 G. Allen Philistia III. xxvi. 27 The environment is too strong for you; and if you set yourself up against it, it'll crush you. 1894 J. T. Fowler in St. Adamnan Vita S. Columbae Introd. 33 This one has perhaps been set up as a rival to an earlier St. Patrick's Purgatory. b. Hunting. To bring to bay. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (transitive)] > hunt down or bring to bay stallc1400 to set up1608 to run down1650 to hunt down1711 to tire down1835 to stick up1850 bail1872 the world > action or operation > difficulty > of difficulty: beset (a person) [verb (transitive)] > put (a person) in difficulty > force into a difficult situation to tie to the stake1544 fix1736 to set up1747 corner1824 to drive into a corner1861 bunker1930 to get or have (a person) by the short and curlies1948 to box (a person, esp. oneself) into a corner1955 1608 G. Chapman Trag. Duke of Byron v, in Conspiracie Duke of Byron sig. Q4 As a Sauadge Bore that (hunted longe, Assayld and set vp) with his onely eyes, Swimming in fire keepes of the baying hounds. 1747 Tricks of Town laid open (ed. 3) 31 You see, Sir, how naturally all these Beasts of Prey hunt a Country Squire, and..they seldom lose the Scent till they have set him up (as you phrase it) brought him to a Bay. 1889 Field 12 Jan. 41/3 The hounds..came up with their stag there, and set him up to bay at this well-known landmark. VI. To advance or propose. 35. To put forward (a claim, defence, a case in law). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > put forward [verb (transitive)] laya1387 proposea1398 stirc1400 move1452 propound?1531 broach1579 start1579 moot1685 to set up1697 argument1747 1697 Mem. Trans. Savoy 123 Several Reasons engage the French King to set up anew his Title to Savoy. 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab iv. 49 That apology Which kings who rule, and cowards who crouch, set up For their unnumbered crimes. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. v. 111 After setting up a vain and unjust pretence to the throne of England. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 523 For some of the prisoners an alibi was set up. 1856 N. Brit. Rev. 26 201 The best defence is that which..has been set up by M. de Remusat. 1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xxiii. 177 Constant claims are set up to the estates of other men by..crafty persons. 1885 Law Rep.: Probate Div. 10 194 The husband sets up in bar a deed of separation. 36. To advance, propose, put forward (a theory, idea, plan). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > confirmation of hypothesis, theory > propose a theory [verb (transitive)] theorize1644 model1667 to set up1803 theorize1820 1803 Pic Nic No. 3. 2 They seem to have set up for themselves a peculiar form of trial. 1844 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters (ed. 2) I. Pref. p. xvii They are rejoiced to set up a standard of imaginary excellence. 1883 G. M. Fenn Middy & Ensign xii. 70 You set up a theory of your own. 1890 I. D. Hardy New Othello III. x. 211 You set up those false and morbid scruples between yourself and me. VII. intransitive. 37. To sit up (late at night). Now U.S., dialect or colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > be or remain awake [verb (intransitive)] > intentionally watchc1000 to sit upc1450 stay1526 to burn (etc.) the midnight oil1635 to set up1697 to wake it1766 to watch up1852 to wait up1855 to stop up1857 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > bed related to sleep or rest > go to bed or retire to rest [verb (intransitive)] > stay up or out of bed during the night wakec900 to sit upc1450 stay1526 to set up1697 to wake it1766 to watch up1852 to stop up1857 1697 Countess D'Aunoy's Trav. (1706) 201 In this Season they set up till four or five a Clock in the Morning because of the heats. 1776 S. J. Pratt Pupil of Pleasure II. 208 I find the whole family..is to set up. 1822 E. Nathan Langreath I. 176 You forget, my child, how late you set up at night. 1935 R. Bass in Scribner's Mag. Feb. 122/1 The body must never be left alone for an instant until it is left in the grave. It must be ‘set up’ with. 1968 E. R. Buckler Ox Bells & Fireflies ix. 127 Neighbors took turns ‘setting up’ with the patient night after night. 38. (Originally absol. of 27.) To start in business, begin the exercise of a trade or profession.Formerly const. for, now as (with the noun connoting the occupation); sometimes also (as in quot. 1891) with simple n. complement. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > career > have career [verb (intransitive)] > take up profession or start career to begin the world1570 to set up1593 society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > run a business [verb (intransitive)] > start a business to set up shop1409 to set up1593 the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (transitive)] > have as purpose or object followeOE studylOE turna1200 pursuea1382 purposec1384 to shoot atc1407 ensue1483 proponea1500 studyc1503 prick1545 tread1551 suit1560 to go for ——1568 to set (up) one's rest1572 expect1578 propose1584 propound1596 aima1616 scope1668 to set up1691 aim1821 to go in for1835 to be out for1887 to be flat out for1930 target1966 shoot1967 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)] > support the claims of to set up1691 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 46 b My young Merchant returnes, and settes vppe fresher then euer he did. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 11 They had but new set up, and had not yet found out the right way of trade. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 377 He set up for a writing-master. 1701 Laconics (new ed.) iii. 96 A Wit and a Beau set up with little or no Expense. 1779 Mirror No. 67 Your predecessor, The Spectator, used to be consulted in cases of difficulty. I know not if you, Mr. Mirror, set up on the same footing. 1809 W. Scott Let. 31 Jan. (1932) II. 160 Ballantyne's brother is setting up here as a bookseller. 1882 Sat. Rev. 19 Aug. 247/1 When people had set up in business. 1891 Sat. Rev. 26 Dec. 728/1 He even set up smuggler on his own account. 39. to set up for a. to set up for oneself, to start on a career on one's own account. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (intransitive)] > establish > establish oneself in a career to set up for oneself1622 commence1642 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 55 He got him a Stocke, to set vp for himselfe in the world. 1701 W. Wotton Hist. Rome 268 Three of them set up for themselves, Pescennius Niger in the East, Septimius Severus in Illyricum, and Clodius Albinus in Britain. 1727 A. Boyer Dictionaire Royal (rev. ed.) (at cited word) After this Victory over Mark Anthony, Augustus had a mind to set up for himself. 1852 C. W. Hoskyns Talpa (1854) xviii. 153 No sooner is a new thought imparted, than it sets up for itself, and denies its pedigree. b. To put oneself forward as (a person of a certain kind or class), to lay claim to being (so-and-so). Also, to set up for being (so-and-so). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > pretend, dissemble [verb (intransitive)] > to be semble1542 to figure for1596 to set up for1688 to set up1889 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Ooo/2 To set up for a Reformer. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables lxvii. 66 Shall any Man..that Willfully..procures the Cutting of whole Armies to Pieces, set up for an Innocent? 1709 E. Ward tr. Diverting Wks. 206 Covetous Men commonly set up for being very long sighted. 1716 J. Craggs Let. to Pope 2 Sept. I fancy I am..setting up for a wit. 1765 S. Foote Commissary i. 13 Sim... Why he must be upwards of — Mrs. Mech. Fifty, I warrant. Sim. Rather late in life to set up for a gentleman. 1849 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 16 237/1 I do not set myself up for a purist. 1889 Harper's Mag. Mar. 557/1 I don't set up for a beauty. ΚΠ 1685 E. Stillingfleet Origines Britannicæ ii. 50 Clodius Albinus having set up for the Empire in Britain, and being beaten by Severus. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 504 Whether or no they have done well, to set up for making another kind of Figure, Time will witness. 1707 Diverting Muse i. 6 An Old Lady, who has bury'd Six Husbands and sets up for the Seventh. ΚΠ 1689 T. Rymer View Govt. Europe 4 Ahaz's Dial is no President for our time or measures; nor may the Theocracy of the Jews authorize us to set up for King Jesus. 1691 W. Nicholls Answer Naked Gospel 97 The first then that stood up for this Heterodoxy was Michael Servetus..who..set up for the Unitarian Doctrine in Europe. e. To lay claim to (a quality, virtue, etc.). Also, †to lay claim to having (a concrete possession). ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > claim > claim to have claima1400 pretend1402 pretend1402 pretentc1425 to set up for1698 1698 J. Collier Short View Immorality Eng. Stage 226 This Spark sets up for Sense. 1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle ii. i. 12 Had the Landlady but a Highland Piper to joyn with 'em, she might set up for a Collection of Monsters. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxii. 127 If People will set up for Virtue, and all that, let 'em be uniformly virtuous. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xv. 150 No doubt..you have known ladies set up for wit that had none. 1865 M. E. Braddon Sir Jasper xxii I suppose Pauncefort sets up for originality. 40. (absol. of ii.) To lay claim or pretend to be. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > pretend, dissemble [verb (intransitive)] > to be semble1542 to figure for1596 to set up for1688 to set up1889 1804 M. Edgeworth Rosanna v, in Pop. Tales II. 140 What more could we have, if we were to set up to be gentry? 1889 A. Sergeant Luck of House I. xxi. 286 You need not set up to be virtuous. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > [verb (intransitive)] > at the house of another, an inn, etc. gesten?c1225 innc1390 host?c1450 bait1477 to be (or lie) at hosta1500 hostela1500 sojourn1573 to take up1607 guest?1615 to set upa1689 to keep up1704 to put up1706 lodge1749 room1809 hotel1889 dig1914 motel1961 a1689 A. Behn Adventure Black Lady 3 in Hist. & Novels (1698) Bellamora..was oblig'd to lodge..at the same Inn where the Stage-Coach set up. 1745 Life Bampfylde-Moore Carew 92 He..then rode away Post-Haste to Exeter; where being arrived he sets up at the Oxford Inn. 1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality V. xvii. 188 On setting up for the night, I rejoiced to find..Louisa was..alive. 1780 S. J. Pratt Emma Corbett III. civ. 14 Every house where the stages set up. 1819 Lady Morgan Let. 28 Oct. in Memoirs (1862) II. viii. 116 We set up at the Nova-Yorka [Hotel], kept by an Englishwoman. 42. To punt, esp. so as to get close to waterfowl to shoot them. (Cf. sense 110.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > [verb (intransitive)] > pole or punt punt1776 to set up1776 kent1820 launch1824 pole1831 the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shoot [verb (intransitive)] > manner or type of grousec1798 to set up1824 to shoot for the stick1834 to go to rode1838 to fire into the brown (of them)1845 set1859 hold ahead1881 hold on1881 rough-shoot1937 the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shoot [verb (intransitive)] > carry gun dangerously traverse1807 to set up1824 1776 C. Carroll Jrnl. Miss. Canada in B. Mayer Mem. (1845) 47 In many places the current was so strong that the batteau men were obliged to set up with poles, and drag the boat by the painter. 1824 P. Hawker Instr. Young Sportsmen (ed. 3) 343 If we can neither find a creek nor a ‘latch’, with sufficient water to set up to birds. 1882 R. Payne-Gallwey Fowler in Ireland 26 Illustr. Wexford floatmen setting up to fowl together. 43. Of a cart: To tip up. local. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > transport goods in vehicle [verb (transitive)] > of a cart: to tip up shelve1587 to set up1841 1841 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2 ii. 178 The carts..are..larger, and with moveable bodies, so as to set up for the purpose of turning out their load at once. 44. Of a soft-nosed bullet: To expand on impact. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > actions of bullet or shot ricochet1804 club1830 cluster1830 strip1854 upset1859 slug1875 keyhole1878 group1882 string1892 mushroom1893 splash1894 to set up1896 phut1901 pattern1904 print1961 1896 Times 16 Dec. 5/2 The metal covering at the point being made thin and the lead core slightly exposed, the result being that the bullet ‘set up’ on striking any object. 1898 Engineer 4 Mar. 216/2 A bullet should do more than make a man rub his leg some hours afterwards. Consequently efforts have been directed to causing bullets to set up on impact. < as lemmas |
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