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1.
setten
v.
1640 quotations in 40 senses
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(a) To make (sb.) sit, seat (sb.); also, with partitive construction:
setten of..over heigh setle
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fig.
seat (someone's offspring) upon (his) high throne, make to rule;
setten adoun (doun, up)
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