Gen. ix. 13.
2. Hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or
upon a certain place.
Set your affection on things above.
Col. iii. 2.
The Lord set a mark upon Cain.
Gen. iv. 15.
3. To make to assume specified place, condition, or occupation; to put
in a certain condition or state (described by the accompanying words);
to cause to be.
The Lord thy God will set thee on high.
Deut. xxviii. 1.
I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the
daughter against her mother.
Matt. x. 35.
Every incident sets him thinking.
Coleridge.
4. To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render
motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or condition to.
Specifically: --
(a) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot; hence,
to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass; as, to set a coach in the mud.
They show how hard they are set in this particular.
Addison.
(b) To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or
obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's
countenance.
His eyes were set by reason of his age.