Set+against
41set — set1 verb (sets, setting; past and past participle set) 1》 put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position. ↘(be set) be situated in a specified place or position. ↘represent (a story) as happening at a specified time or… …
42set — I. verb (set; setting) Etymology: Middle English setten, from Old English settan; akin to Old High German sezzen to set, Old English sittan to sit Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to cause to sit ; place in or on a seat 2 …
43set — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 group of similar things ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, entire, full, whole ▪ broad, comprehensive, huge, large …
44set — I verb 1) Beth set the bag on the table Syn: put (down), place, lay, deposit, position, settle, leave, stand, plant, posit; informal stick, dump, park, plunk 2) the cottage is set on a hill …
45set, sit — Predominantly a transitive verb, set means to put, to place : Set the box on the floor, please. Sit is predominantly an intransitive verb with a basic meaning of to place oneself : When I sit down, you come and sit beside me. Set used for sit,… …
46set on — Synonyms and related words: abet, aching for, aggravate, agitate, alienate, ambush, arouse, assail, assault, attack, bed on, bent on, blitz, blow the coals, bottom on, build on, bushwhack, come at, come between, come down on, crack down on, crazy …
47set something against — offset something against wives allowances can henceforth be set against investment income …
48against — preposition 1) a number of delegates were against the motion Syn: opposed to, in opposition to, hostile to, averse to, antagonistic toward, inimical to, unsympathetic to, resistant to, at odds with, in disagreement with, dead set against;… …
49set-off — index counterclaim, drawback Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 set off …
50Against Apion — (lat. Contra Apionem or In Apionem) was a polemical work written by Flavius Josephus as a defense of Judaism as a classical religion and philosophy, stressing its antiquity against what he perceived as more recent traditions of the Greeks. Text… …
