adj
Meaning 1
Set in fore or front part; placed ahead.
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adj
Set in fore or front part; placed ahead.
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noun
An obstacle; hindrance.
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noun
That which is set ahead or before; proposal, suggestion.
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noun
The deposition of sediment by the turbidity currents above the reservoir water level.
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verb
To set before or in front of; bar; block; impede.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To ordain; assign; allot in advance.
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verb
To propose, suggest.
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History
From Middle English foresetten, from Old English fōresettan (“to place before, shut in, propose, prefer, precede”), equivalent to fore- + set. Cognate with Dutch voorzetten (“to put in front”), German vorsetzen (“to put in front, offer, serve up”), Swedish föresätta (“to put before”).