6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk.

I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the

die.

Shak.

7. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare for

singing.

Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.

Dryden.

8. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a time for a

meeting; to set a price on a horse.

9. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate

with objects placed here and there.

High on their heads, with jewels richly set, Each lady wore a

radiant coronet.

Dryden.

Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.

Wordsworth.

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