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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

set forward en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To put or carry (something) forward.
  2. To help or assist (a person, project etc.); to promote.
  3. To propose, suggest (an opinion, theory etc.).
    • God endued them with a mind conformable, and subordinate to that of Moses, that they might Prophecy, that is to say, speak to the people in Gods name, in such manner, as to set forward (as Ministers of Moses, and by his authority) such doctrine as was agreeable to Moses his doctrine. 1651, Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan:
  4. (intransitive) To set off, set forth; to start.
    • We promised that we would, and he set forwards on his Journey to Town. 1790, Jane Austen, “Love and Freindship”, in Juvenilia:

Forms

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set forwards alternative lexicographic
setting forward Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sets forward Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
set forward Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
set forward Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

set forth