set forth en · VERB
Meanings
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(transitive) To state; describe; give an account of.
At Delphi every eighth year a sacred drama or miracle-play was acted which drew crowds of spectators from all parts of Greece. It set forth the slaying of the Dragon by Apollo.
1906, James George Frazer, Adonis, Attis, Osiris, volume 2, page 240:Where any judge falls under any of the challengeable grounds set forth in section 13, the judge may state the grounds to the Court and remove himself from the case concerned.
- (transitive) To present for consideration; to propose.
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(intransitive) To begin a journey or expedition.
Next, the Chinese text says that they set forth from the district of Lo-lang, which is situated not in Leao-tung, but in Corea, and of which the capital is the present city of Pʽing-jang (in d’Auville’s map, Ping-yang), situated upon the northern bank of the Ta-tʽung-kiang, or Pʽai-shue, a river of the province of Pʽing-ngan, which, in great part, in the time of the dynasty of Han, formed the district of Lo-lang.
1885, Edward P. Vining, quoting J. Klaproth, “Researches regarding the Country of Fu-sang, mentioned in Chinese Books, and erroneously supposed to be a Part of America”, in An Inglorious Columbus; or, Evidence that Hwui Shăn and a Party of Buddhist Monks from Afghanistan Discovered America in the Fifth Century, a. d., D. Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 43:Columbus set forth with three small ships.
- (intransitive) To start.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| setting forth | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sets forth | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| set forth | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| set forth | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Synonyms
set out (to begin a journey) · put forward (to present for consideration) · propose (to present for consideration)
Translations (27)
la prōpōnō (to present for consideration) · oc propausar (to present for consideration) · fi lähteä matkaan (to begin a journey) · de darlegen (to state; to describe) · got 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to present for consideration) · fa آغاز کردن، ارائه کردن (to begin a journey) · oc presentar (to present for consideration) · it asserire (to state; to describe) · bg отпътувам (to begin a journey) · pl wyruszyć (to begin a journey) · fi lähteä (to begin a journey) · fi ehdottaa (to present for consideration) · bg описвам (to state; to describe) · bg представям (to present for consideration) · fi kuvata (to state; to describe) · pl przedstawić (to present for consideration) · sv lägga fram (to present for consideration) · fi mainita (to state; to describe) · de darlegen (to present for consideration) · it partire (to begin a journey) · tr yola çıkmak (to present for consideration) · es establecer (to state; to describe) · es tentar (to present for consideration) · fi esittää (to state; to describe) · bg опиша (to state; to describe) · de ausziehen (to begin a journey) · bg представя (to present for consideration)