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set fire unto en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, archaic, poetic, transitive) Archaic form of set fire to (“to cause (something) to be on fire”).
    • Then with his sword she cut off the tail of his steed and set fire unto the house of Sohrab, and she gave his gold and jewels unto the poor. 1883 [c. 977–1010], Ferdowsi, translated by Helen Zimmern, شاهنامه [Shahnameh, The Epic of Kings], translation of original in Classical Persian:

Forms

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sets fire unto Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
setting fire unto Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
set fire unto Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
set fire unto Tense=Past lexicographic