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3. (b) [ On (or upon ), prep.] (1) To begin, as an enterprise. He that would seriously set upon the search of truth ought to prepare his mind with a love of it. Locke, (2) To make an attack; a ault: as, they all set upon him at once. See a ail . We met with v. Rovers or men of war, whom we set vppon, and burnt their Admirall, and brought those ships Webbe, Travels (ed. Arber), р. 19. Into Narr. Gather we our forces out of hand, And set upon our boasting enemy. Shak., 1 Hen. VI., iii. 2. 103. It seems to me the time to ask Mr. Lyon to take a little rest, instead of setting on him like so many wasps. George Eliot , Felix Holt, xxiv. To set out. (a) To begin a journey, proceeding, or career: as, to set out for London; to set out in busine or in the world. Some there be that set out for this crown, and, after they have gone far for it, another comes in and takes it from them. Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progre , p. 152. Thus arm'd, he set out on a ramble - alack! He set out , poor dear Soul! - but he never came back! Barham , In golds by Legends, II. 330. After residing at Cambridge two years, he [Temple] departed without taking a degree, and set out upon his trav Macaulay , Sir William Temple. (b) To flow out; ebb: as, the tide sets out at 4 P. M.-Το set to, to apply one's self; go at a piece of work.