set about

Definition

Used with the adverb sense of about.

Etymology

From set (verb) + about (adverb, preposition).

Example Sentences

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