set on

See also: seton and séton

English

Verb

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

To attack.
- Shakespeare
  Cassio hath here been set on in the dark.
To encourage someone, or an animal, to attack someone.
I will set the dogs on you, if you don't leave right now!

Synonyms

set upon

Translations

to encourage someone, or an animal, to attack someone

Spanish: azuzar (es) (dog)

References

set on at OneLook Dictionary Search
set on in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

'onest, Eston, SONET, Stone, notes, onest, onset, steno, steno-, stone, tones

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