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Set down

verb

Put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.. Synonyms: get down, put down, write down.

Reach or come to rest. Synonym: land. "The plane landed in Istanbul"

Put or settle into a position.

Cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place. Synonyms: place down, put down.

Go ashore. Synonyms: debark, disembark.

Leave or unload. Synonyms: discharge, drop, drop off, put down, unload. "Drop off the passengers at the hotel"

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"Set down" Quotes from Famous Books

... hurried on to the lady's castle; and she had the satisfaction of being for ever united to her lover, at the same time that she embraced a son every way worthy of his accomplished parents. On this occasion says the author, "the ancients made a lay which I have here set down in writing, and which I always relate ...

— The Lay of Marie • Matilda Betham

... the true causes of miracles, and strives to understand natural phenomena as an intelligent being, and not to gaze at them like a fool, is set down and denounced as an impious heretic by those, whom the masses adore as the interpreters of nature and the gods. Such persons know that, with the removal of ignorance, the wonder which forms their ...

— The Ethics • Benedict de Spinoza

... But as the priest set down his glass, wiping his lips with a murmur of satisfaction, the decrepit Irish setter that had attached himself to Annixter's house came out from underneath the porch, and nosed vigorously about the wicker basket. ...

— The Octopus • Frank Norris

... waxed and waned, the love for little Zoe grew and strengthened in the organist's heart. It seemed a kind of possession, as if a spell had been cast on him; in old times it might have been set down to witchcraft; and, indeed, it seemed something of the sort to himself, as if a power he could not resist compelled him to seek out the child—to think of it, to dream of it, to have it so constantly in his mind ...

— Zoe • Evelyn Whitaker

... to you," the miner said, as he lifted his glass. Three glasses were set down empty, but Tom had to stop half-way ...

— In The Heart Of The Rockies • G. A. Henty

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