set to

English

Verb

set to (third-person singular simple present sets to, present participle setting to, simple past and past participle set to)

1. (intransitive) To begin something with determination; to commence a long and difficult task or project.
   • 1649, Richard Baxter, “The Abstract or Sum of All, for the Use of the Weak”, in The Saints Everlasting Rest: Or, A Treatise of the Blessed State of the Saints in Their Enjoyment of God in Glory. […], London: […] Rob[ert] White, for Thomas Underhil and Francis Tyton, […], →OCLC, part IV, section 1, page 788:

     VVhen thou ſetſt to the vvork, look up tovvard Heaven, let thine eie lead thee as neer as it can; remember that there is thine Everlaſting Reſt; […]

2. (intransitive, archaic) To fight.

   I set to with the rude man.

Anagrams

• TOSET, Toste, stote, totes