set down

Speech parts

1. set down - Noun

2. set down - Verb

Meaning

go ashore

remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave

put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.

reach or come to rest

cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place

put or settle into a position

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set-down

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Examples

From the first place of liquid darkness, within the second place of air and light, I set down the following record with its mixture of fact and truths and memories of truths and its direction always toward the Third Place, where the starting point is myth. Janet Frame

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning. Maya Angelou

Historians desiring to write the actions of men, ought to set down the simple truth, and not say anything for love or hatred; also to choose such an opportunity for writing as it may be lawful to think what they will, and write what they think, which is a rare happiness of the time. Walter Raleigh

As with many people, Charles, who could not talk, wrote with fullness. He set down his loneliness and his perplexities, and he put on paper many things he did not know about himself. John Steinbeck

And this I set down as a positive truth. A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump may marry whom she likes. William Makepeace Thackeray

All cats are not to be set down for witches. French Proverb

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