set about

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil Used with the adverb sense of about.
2. fiil To circulate or spread (news, a rumour, etc.)

   “For ſome vveeks before it [Parliament] met there vvas ſuch a number of Refugees coming over every day, vvho ſet about a moſt diſmal recital of the perſecution in France, and that in ſo many inſtances that vvere crying and odious, […]”

3. fiil To plant trees or other vegetation in (a place).

   “[I]ndeede the whole island is a mount ascended by several terraces and walks all set about with orange and citron trees.”

4. fiil To encircle or surround (something) with other things.

   “Ascending the hill we came to St. Sabina, an ancient fabric, formerly sacred to Diana; there in a Chapel is an admirable picture, the work of Livia Fontana, set about with columns of alabaster, […]”

5. fiil To attack (someone); to set upon.

   “Two youths set about him.”

6. fiil To start doing or to devote oneself to some task; to set upon.

   “He set about designing his homepage.”