Seraphim

This is the plural of seraph . "One of the seraphim ." "To Thee cherubim and seraphim continually do cry." See Cherubim . Set—Sit. The former of these two verbs is often incorrectly used for the latter. To set ; imperfect tense, set ; participles, setting , set . To sit ; imperfect tense, sat ; participles, sitting , sat . To set means to put, to place, to plant; to put in any place, condition, state, or posture. We say, to set about, to set against, to set out, to set going, to set apart, to set aside, to set down (to put in writing). To sit means to rest on the lower part of the body, to repose on a seat, to perch, as a bird, etc. We say, " Sit up," i. e., rise from lying to sitting; "We will sit up," i. e., will not go to bed; " Sit down," i. e., place yourself on a seat. We sit a horse and we sit for a portrait. Garments sit well or otherwise. Congre sits , so does a court. "I have sat up long enough." "I have set it on the table." We set down figures, but we sit down on the ground. We set a hen, and a hen sits on eggs. We should say, therefore, "as cro as a sitting [not, as a setting ] hen." Settle. This word is often inelegantly, if not incorrectly, used for pay . We pay our way, pay our fare, pay our hotel-bills, and the like. See, also, Locate .