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SET ASIDE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make inoperative or stop
Example:
suspend payments on the loan
Synonyms:
set aside; suspend
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "set aside" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
Example:
She sets aside time for meditation every day
Synonyms:
allow; appropriate; earmark; reserve; set aside
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "set aside" is one way to...):
allot; assign; portion (give out)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sense 3
Meaning:
Annul (a legal decision)
Example:
the court set aside the conviction
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "set aside" is one way to...):
annul; avoid; invalidate; nullify; quash; void (declare invalid)
Domain category:
law; practice of law (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples:
The opium was added after the dish was set aside for the stable-boy, for the others had the same for supper with no ill effects.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I had previously taken a journey to S— to purchase some new furniture: my cousins having given me carte blanche to effect what alterations I pleased, and a sum having been set aside for that purpose.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
And then, when at last this question was set aside, that of the rival claims to championships at different weights came on in its stead, and again angry words flew about and challenges were in the air.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"But," I cried, surely the whole experience of the human race is not to be set aside on account of a single sketch—I had turned over the leaves and ascertained that there was nothing more in the book—a single sketch by a wandering American artist who may have done it under hashish, or in the delirium of fever, or simply in order to gratify a freakish imagination.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Their opportunity of acquaintance in the house of Mr. Pratt was a foundation for the rest, at once indisputable and alarming; and Edward's visit near Plymouth, his melancholy state of mind, his dissatisfaction at his own prospects, his uncertain behaviour towards herself, the intimate knowledge of the Miss Steeles as to Norland and their family connections, which had often surprised her, the picture, the letter, the ring, formed altogether such a body of evidence, as overcame every fear of condemning him unfairly, and established as a fact, which no partiality could set aside, his ill-treatment of herself.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Horse and spear had been set aside, but on foot, with sword and battle-axe, their broad shields slung in front of them, the chivalry of Spain rushed to the attack.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Still, Mercury retrograde may bring a project back to life—perhaps one that you had to set aside because of a lack of time or money, so now might be the right time to work on it again.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
For all that, the two men put the greatest store by these excursions, counted them the chief jewel of each week, and not only set aside occasions of pleasure, but even resisted the calls of business, that they might enjoy them uninterrupted.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
A vow to the saints, cried Alleyne, is indeed not to be set aside; but this is a devil's vow, and, simple clerk as I am, I am yet the mouthpiece of the true church when I say that it were mortal sin to fight on such a quarrel.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
