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Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : set
Phonetic Transcription : sɛt



Definition of set apart

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 preferred : adj favorite, chosen
  • As in reserved : adj held for future use
  • As in separate : adj disconnected
  • As in exempt : adj freed from responsibility
  • As in appropriate : verb set aside; allocate
  • As in insulate : verb protect; close off
  • As in intend : verb have in mind; determine
  • As in mark : verb characterize
  • As in sanctify : verb hold in highest esteem
  • As in segregate : verb discriminate and separate
  • As in sequester : verb isolate, seclude
  • As in call : verb demand or announce action
  • As in individualize : verb distinguish
  • As in mew : verb enclose
  • As in signalize : verb distinguish
  • As in singularize : verb distinguish
  • As in consecrate : verb hold in high religious regard
  • As in dedicate : verb sanctify
  • As in designate : verb specify as selection
  • As in devote : verb commit one's energies, thoughts
  • As in differentiate : verb make a distinction
  • As in discriminate : verb show prejudice
  • As in dissociate : verb part company with; separate
  • As in distinguish : verb tell the difference
  • As in enclose : verb put inside, surround
Example sentences :
  • It was to set apart a day to decorate the graves of the Union dead.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 8, May 21, 1870 » by Various
  • To this end, the time of the courts engaged in the case should be set apart for it.
  • Extract from : « The Electoral Votes of 1876 » by David Dudley Field
  • The grave was to be one of the little vaults, the Fornelli, set apart for children.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • In the room that had been set apart for him abovestairs, Monmouth still sat at table.
  • Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Because we have no country, and hence are set apart in all countries.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • It lay about her as though she had been set apart within a magic circle.
  • Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
  • A certain number of these is set apart for the special rooms.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Cotton Plant » by Frederick Wilkinson
  • She was not like other women: her lot was set apart and peculiar.
  • Extract from : « A Summer Evening's Dream » by Edward Bellamy
  • These men were set apart by prayer and by the laying on of hands.
  • Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage
  • And he came to two thrones which were set apart from the others in the middle of the hall.
  • Extract from : « Alroy » by Benjamin Disraeli

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