"set fire of" meaning in All languages combined

See set fire of on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: sets fire of [present, singular, third-person], setting fire of [participle, present], set fire of [past], set fire of [participle, past], setten fire of [dialectal, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,~,~:setten􂀿dialectal􂁀>}} set fire of (third-person singular simple present sets fire of, present participle setting fire of, simple past set fire of, past participle set fire of or (dialectal) setten fire of)
  1. (transitive) Obsolete form of set fire to (“to cause (something) to be on fire”). Tags: alt-of, obsolete, transitive Alternative form of: set fire to (extra: (“to cause (something) to be on fire”))
    Sense id: en-set_fire_of-en-verb-S77RsfLe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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