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ed for or sold, or for the use of such correspondent; as, to cosign a cargo or a ship; to set apart.

in words. Shak. A man's life consisteth not in the abudance of the things which he possesseth. Luke xii. 15.

To set or adorn with stars or constellations; as, constellated heavens. J. Barlow.

Fortune; fate; destiny. [Obs.] It is constellation, which causeth all that a man doeth. Gower.

To devise; to invent; to set in order; to arrange; as, to construct a theory of ethics.

seller, to be allowed to defer paying for the stock purchased until the next fortnightly settlement day. [Eng.]

To set in opposition, or over against, in order to show the differences between, or the comparative excellences and defects of; to compare by difference or contrariety of qualities; as, to contrast the present with the past.

Belonging or going to, or resembling, a conventicle. [Obs.] Conventicling schools . . . set up and taught secretly by fanatics. South.

s, to accomplish some specific object, -- civil, social, political, or ecclesiastical. He set himself to the making of good laws in a grand convention of his nobles. Sir R. Baker. A convention of delegates from all the States, to meet in Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of reserving the federal system, an…

Acting under contract; settled by express agreement; as, conventionary tenants. [Obs.] R. Carew.

wship or association; close acquaintance. "Conversation with the best company." Dryden. I set down, out of long experience in business and much conversation in books, what I thought pertinent to this business. Bacon.

The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements. "The evils of convictism." W. Howitt.

An individual book, or a single set of books containing the works of an author; as, a copy of the Bible; a copy of the works of Addison.

Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; nnot faulty or imperfect; free from error; as, correct behavior; correct views. Always use the most correct editions. Felton.

the place of what is wrong; an emendation; as, the corrections on a proof sheet should be set in the margin.

Qualifying; limiting. "The Psalmist interposeth . . . this corrective particle." Holdsworth.

Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a corrigible fault.

A corpse; the dead body of a human being. [Archaic or Poetic] Set down the corse; or, by Saint Paul, I'll make a corse of him that disobeys. Shak.

er; -- also, used for the entire suit of the day, including breastplate and backpiece, tasset and headpiece.

Rising or setting with the sun; -- the opposite of acronycal.