set on

See also: seton and séton

English

set on (third-person singular simple present sets on, present participle setting on, simple past and past participle set on)

To attack.
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
  Cassio hath here been set on in the dark.
To encourage someone, or an animal, to attack someone.
I will set the dogs on you, if you don't leave right now!
To be determined to do or achieve something.
I had my mind pretty well set on working for a small company.
- 2020 June 17, Coconuts Bangkok, “Chula still set on demolishing historic shrine – once it evicts caretakers”, in coconuts.co‎, coconuts.co, retrieved 2020-06-17:
  Chula[longkorn University is] still set on demolishing historic shrine – once it evicts caretakers

to attack — see attack

to encourage someone, or an animal, to attack someone

to be determined to do or achieve something

“set on”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
“set on”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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