Antonyms for set down

Grammar : Verb

Spell : set

Phonetic Transcription : sɛt

Definition of set down

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 land : verb arrive, come to rest on
As in lay : verb put, place
As in light : verb step down; land
As in list : verb keep a record; tabulate
As in lower : verb let down; fall
As in ascribe : verb assign to source
As in note : verb observe, perceive
As in perch : verb sit atop of
As in put down : verb write into record
As in record : verb write down; store information
As in register : verb enter in list, record
As in settle : verb come to rest; fall
As in take down : verb write down
As in write : verb put language down on paper
As in chronicle : verb report, recount
As in consider : verb regard a certain way
As in drop off : verb deliver
As in enter : verb record, list
As in establish : verb set up, organize
As in formulate : verb plan, specify systematically

Example sentences :

She rose as she spoke, to set down her coffee-cup on the table.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Jacob set down his milk pail, and followed her into the Veaseys' kitchen.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

I set down in my clock-room, about three in the arternoon, an' there I set.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

Well, I'd let him set down a spell in Solomon's temple an' look round him.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

An' then she set down in a chair, an' fanned herself with a newspaper.
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

Whatever was set down on either side of the page, Amelia did not care.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

"Well, I guess 'twon't pay me to set down ag'in," she announced.
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

Since he had been set down there his eyes had not strayed from the statue of the Virgin.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

You can set down Mr. Melville's name with perfect confidence.
Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr

Tobe set down the pitcher as gingerly as if it had been a soap-bubble.
Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various

Synonyms for set down

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