"set fire on" meaning in English

See set fire on in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

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

Inflected forms

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