set forth
(tr) to state, express, or utter: he set forth his objections
(intr) to start out on a journey: the expedition set forth on the first of July
Words Nearby set forth
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How to use set forth in a sentence
In You Must set forth At Dawn, his friend Femi Johnson visits him in detention, a day before the verdict of his trial.
Nigeria’s Larger-Than-Life Nobel Laureate Chronicles a Fascinating Life | Chimamanda Adichie | August 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis life is narrated in autobiographical works such as Aké: The Years of Childhood and You Must set forth at Dawn.
I love this country and am proud of the values set forth in our founding documents.
Trial of an American Ally: Ghosts of Foreign Policy Past in Guatemala | Constantino Diaz-Duran | March 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBoth sides also seem apathetic towards another plan set forth by another American.
But look at it in terms of the principles set forth by our Founding Fathers as the measure of true greatness.
Message to Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan: America’s Greater Than Ever | Michael Daly | August 15, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
In this imitative play we see from the first the artistic tendency to set forth what is characteristic in the things represented.
Children's Ways | James SullyBy some extraordinary blunder of the commissariat the 32d had set forth that morning without breaking their fast.
The Red Year | Louis TracyHow the Bill proceeded, and what was its fate, will be set forth in another chapter.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowWe have now set forth some of the important facts exhibited by the stellar universe.
Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate ShalerDan, and Greece, and Mosel have set forth in thy marts wrought iron: stacte, and calamus were in thy market.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | Various
Other Idioms and Phrases with set forth
Also, put forth. Start a journey, as in We plan to set forth at daybreak, or They put forth for France tomorrow. [c. 1400]
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