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setting by

setting by is the present participle and gerund of set by.

Meaning of set by

Verb

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

  1. To save or put aside.
  2. (archaic) To esteem or value something highly.
    • Those men are much set by.

Questions about setting by

What is setting by the present participle and gerund of?
Setting by is the present participle and gerund of set by.

Words near setting by in the dictionary

  1. setting aside
  2. setting at defiance
  3. setting at naught
  4. setting at nought
  5. setting back
  6. setting by
  7. setting by the ears
  8. setting coat
  9. setting coats
  10. setting dog
  11. setting dogs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: setting by (page history and authors); set by (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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