Antonyms for set forth


Grammar : Verb
Spell : set
Phonetic Transcription : sɛt


Definition of set forth

Origin :
  • Old English settan (transitive) "cause to sit, put in some place, fix firmly; build, found; appoint, assign," from Proto-Germanic *(bi)satjan "to cause to sit, set" (cf. Old Norse setja, Swedish sätta, Old Saxon settian, Old Frisian setta, Dutch zetten, German setzen, Gothic satjan), causative form of PIE *sod-, variant of *sed- "to sit" (see sit (v.)). Also cf. set (n.2).
  • Intransitive sense from c.1200, "be seated." Used in many disparate senses by Middle English; sense of "make or cause to do, act, or be; start" and that of "mount a gemstone" attested by mid-13c. Confused with sit since early 14c. Of the sun, moon, etc., "to go down," recorded from c.1300, perhaps from similar use of the cognates in Scandinavian languages. To set (something) on "incite to attack" (c.1300) originally was in reference to hounds and game.
  • As in introduce : verb make known; present
  • As in manifest : verb exhibit, make plain
  • As in narrate : verb describe, detail
  • As in produce : verb demonstrate, show
  • As in propose : verb suggest, present for action
  • As in relate : verb give an account of
  • As in report : verb communicate information, knowledge
  • As in state : verb declare, assert
  • As in tell : verb narrate, describe
  • As in travel : verb journey on a trip or tour
  • As in write : verb put language down on paper
  • As in sally forth : verb go forth
  • As in propound : verb propose
  • As in couch : verb express in particular way
  • As in advance : verb promote or propose an idea
  • As in declare : verb make known clearly or officially
  • As in demonstrate : verb explain, illustrate
  • As in depart : verb leave, retreat
  • As in detail : verb specify, make clear
  • As in etch : verb carve
  • As in expound : verb talk about in great detail
  • As in give : verb demonstrate, proffer
Example sentences :
  • There it was, all set forth in the programme he had just purchased.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • I will proceed to set forth a few of the injuries he has done me.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • Then, on a glorious morning, we gathered our forces and set forth.
  • Extract from : « The Tenant of Wildfell Hall » by Anne Bronte
  • How he became something better, it remains my task to try to set forth.
  • Extract from : « Salted With Fire » by George MacDonald
  • In this manner, then, according to them, the genealogy of these gods is to be received and set forth.
  • Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
  • They separated here to set forth by two different 15 routes.
  • Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
  • Every day Schiefflin set forth on his mule from the adobe house.
  • Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
  • They were themselves on horseback, about to set forth for Colorado.
  • Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
  • Then he set forth one day to pay a visit to Cochise in person.
  • Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
  • But the writing had been set forth, and there was no altering it.
  • Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum

Synonyms for set forth

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