"set fire upon" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: sets fire upon [present, singular, third-person], setting fire upon [participle, present], set fire upon [past], set fire upon [participle, past], setten fire upon [dialectal, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,~,~:setten􂀿dialectal􂁀>}} set fire upon (third-person singular simple present sets fire upon, present participle setting fire upon, simple past set fire upon, past participle set fire upon or (dialectal) setten fire upon)
  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_upon-en-verb-S77RsfLe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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