Sestetto

ses-tet -to, a.composed of six parts [Mus.] (It.) Set, set, v.a. to place in any situation; to locate; to put; to fix; to regulate; to adapt; to plant; to stud; to point; to replace; to appoint; to bring to a fine edge; to spread. To set before, to exhibit. To set by the compa , to observe the bearing or situation of a distant object by the compa [Naut.] To set about, to begin, or apply to. To set one's self against, to place one's self in a state of opposition. To set against, to oppose. To set apart, to separate from the rest. To set aside, to omit for the present; to reject. To set abroach, to spread. To set agoing, to cause to begin to move. To set by, to set apart. To set down, to place upon the ground; to register. Το set forth,to manifest; to exhibit. To set forward, to advance. To set off, to adorn; to eulogize. To set cup on, to incite. To set out, to a ign; to adorn; to state at large. To set up, to erect; to institute. To set at naught, to undervalue. To set in order, to reduce to method. To set eyes on, to behold. To set the teeth on edge, to affect the teeth with a painful sensation. To set over, to appoint or constitute. To set right, to put in order. To set sail, to commence sailing. To set at ease, to tranquillize. To set free, to release from confinement. To set at work, to cause to enter on work. To set on fire, to communicate fire to; to irritate. To set before, to propose. (A.S. sett an). Set, set, v.n. to pa below the horizon; to be fixed hard; to fix music to words; to congeal or concrete; to plant;toflow; to point at, as a dog; to apply one's self. To set one's self about, to enter upon. To set one's self, to apply one's self. To set about, to fall on. To set in, to begin. To set forward, to begin to march. To set on or upon, to a ault. To set out, to begin a journey. To set to, to apply one's self to. To set up, to begin busine . Set, set, a. regular; formal; fixed in opinion; determined; pre-determined; prescribed s. a number of things of the same kind, or fitted to be used together; a number of persons a ociated; a number of particular things united in the formation of a whole; a young plant for growth; descent below the horizon; flow; a permanent twist. A dead set, the act of a setter dog when it discovers the game; a concerted scheme to defraud; a determined stand.