Synonyms for set apart

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : set

Phonetic Transcription : sɛt

Top 10 synonyms for set apart

Other synonyms for the word set apart

Définition 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

Antonyms for set apart

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