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put

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  1. set                   
 
1. put \'pu.t\ vb or put;  or put.ting [ME putten; akin to OE putung 
   instigation, MD poten to plant] 1a: to place in a specified position or 
   relationship : LAY  1b: to move in a specified direction  1c1: to send (as 
   a weapon or missile) into or through something : THR UST 1c2: to throw with 
   an overhand pushing motion {~ the shot}  1d: to bring into a specified 
   state or condition {~ it to use} <(~ the matter right} 2a: to cause to 
   endure something : SUBJECT {~ him to death } 2b: IMPOSE, INFLICT {~ a 
   special tax on luxuries}  3a: to set before one for judgment or decision {~ 
   the question}  3b: to call for a formal vote on {~ the motion}  4a1: to 
   turn into language or literary form {~ his feelings in wor ds} 4a2: to 
   translate into another language {~ the poem into English> 4a3: ADAPT 
   {lyrics ~ to music}  4b: EXPRESS, STATE {putting it mildly}  5a: to devote 
   (oneself) to an activity or end  5b: APPLY {~ his mind to the problem}  5c: 
   ASSIGN {~ them to work}  5d: to cause to perform an action : URGE {~ the 
   horse over  the fence} 5e: IMPEL, INCITE {~ them into a frenzy}  6a: 
   REPOSE, REST {~s his faith in reason}  6c: INVEST {~ his money in the 
   company}  7a: to give as an estimate {~ the time as about eleven}  7b: 
   ATTACH, ATTRIBUTE {~s a high value on his fr iendship} 7c: IMPUTE {~ the 
   blame on his partner}  8: BET, WAGER {~ two dollars on the favorite}  1: to 
   start in motion : GO; esp : to leave in a hurry  of a ship  2: to take a 
   specified course {~ down the river}  1a: ASSERT, : IMPOSE  1b: to make 
   public : ISSUE  2: to bring into action : EXERT  3: to produce or send out 
   by growth {put forth leaves}  4: to start out  : PURPOSE {put forward a 
   theory}  : REMIND  Brit  : to finish off : wipe out  slang  1: to ask for 
   money  2: to hold up : HIJACK  : to make the final preparations for 
   printing (a newspaper or magazine)  1: to create as a unified whole : 
   CONSTRUCT {put a book Xtogether in his spare time} 2: ADD, COMBINE {thought 
   he knew more than all his teachers  put together} : to give difficulty to : 
   press hard {had been put to it to kee p up with him} - put forth 
2. put n 1: a throw made with an overhand pushing motion; specif : the act 
   o r an instance of putting the shot 2: an option to sell a specified amount 
   of stock or commodity at a fixed pr ice at or within a certain time
3. put aj : being in place : FIXED, SET {stay ~ until I come  for you}