To set out Meaning, Definition & Usage
Definitions
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(a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit;as, .to set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an estate;to set out the widow's thirds(b) To publish, as a proclamation . Obs.(c) To adorn; to embellish.An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with jewels, nothing can become. Dryden.
(d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. R.The Venetians pretend they could set out, in case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war. Addison.
(e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.I could set out that best side of Luther. Atterbury.
(f) To show; to prove. R. "Those very reasons set out how heinous his sin was." Atterbury.(g) (Law) To recite; to state at large.
Definitions
- to begin a journey or course;
as, .to set out for London, or from London;to set out in business;to set out in life or the world
