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单词 set forth
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Example sentences from the Web for set forth

  • This set-forth I take to be three bushels of London measure.

    The Discovery of Muscovy|Richard Hakluyt
  • They have also a measure wherewith they do mete their corn, which they call a set-forth, and the half of that an osmine.

    The Discovery of Muscovy|Richard Hakluyt

set forth

SEE SYNONYMS FOR set forth ON THESAURUS.COM

verb (adverb) formal, or archaic

(tr) to state, express, or utterhe set forth his objections
(intr) to start out on a journeythe expedition set forth on the first of July

Words nearby set forth

set down, se-tenant, set eyes on, set fire to, set foot, set forth, set forward, set function, Seth, SETI, setiferous
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with set forth

set forth

1

Also, put forth. Start a journey, as in We plan to set forth at daybreak, or They put forth for France tomorrow. [c. 1400]

2

Present for consideration; also, express in words, as in She set forth a very sensible plan, or We need to set forth our ideas clearly. [Early 1500s]

3

See put forth, def. 3.

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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