"set fire unto" meaning in All languages combined

See set fire unto on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: sets fire unto [present, singular, third-person], setting fire unto [participle, present], set fire unto [participle, past], set fire unto [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,~>}} set fire unto (third-person singular simple present sets fire unto, present participle setting fire unto, simple past and past participle set fire unto)
  1. (transitive, poetic) Archaic form of set fire to (“to cause (something) to be on fire”). Tags: alt-of, archaic, poetic, transitive Alternative form of: set fire to (extra: (“to cause (something) to be on fire”))
    Sense id: en-set_fire_unto-en-verb-MhmVQHl7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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