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set on
verb
1 set on
Attack someone physically or emotionally.
synonyms: assail, assault, attack.
Roget 615:
induce,
move;
draw,
draw on;
bring in its train,
give an impulse
etc.
n.;
to;
inspire;
put up to,
prompt,
call up;
attract,
beckon.
stimulate
etc.
(excite)
824;
spirit up,
inspirit;
rouse,
arouse;
animate,
incite,
foment,
provoke,
instigate,
set on,
actuate;
act upon,
work upon,
operate upon;
encourage;
pat on the back,
pat on the shoulder,
clap on the back,
clap on the shoulder.
influence,
weigh with,
bias,
sway,
incline,
dispose,
predispose,
turn the scale,
inoculate;
lead by the nose;
have influence with,
have influence over,
have influence upon,
exercise influence with,
exercise influence over,
exercise influence upon;
go round,
come round one;
turn the head,
magnetize;
lobby.
persuade;
prevail with,
prevail upon;
overcome,
carry;
bring round to one's senses,
bring to one's senses;
draw over,
win over,
gain over,
come over,
talk over;
procure,
enlist,
engage;
invite,
court.
tempt,
seduce,
overpersuade†,
entice,
allure,
captivate,
fascinate,
bewitch,
carry away,
charm,
conciliate,
wheedle,
coax,
lure;
inveigle;
tantalize;
cajole
etc.
(deceive)
545.
tamper with,
bribe,
suborn,
grease the palm,
bait with a silver hook,
gild the pill,
make things pleasant,
put a sop into the pan,
throw a sop to,
bait the hook.
enforce,
force;
impel
etc.
(push)
276;
propel
etc.
284;
whip,
lash,
goad,
spur,
prick,
urge;
egg on,
hound,
hurry on;
drag
etc.
285;
exhort;
advise
etc.
695;
call upon
&c.;
press
etc.
(request)
765;
advocate.
set an example,
set the fashion;
keep in countenance.
be persuaded
&c.;
yield to temptation,
come round;
concede
etc.
(consent)
762;
obey a call;
follow advice,
follow the bent,
follow the dictates of;
act on principle.
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Dutch: attaque, aanval, aanvallen, attaqueren, molesteren, storten
adjective
Roget 865:
desirous;
desiring
etc.
v.;
inclined
etc.
(willing)
602;
partial to;
fain,
wishful,
optative†;
anxious,
wistful,
curious;
at a loss for,
sedulous,
solicitous.
craving,
hungry,
sharp-set,
peckish†,
ravening,
with an empty stomach,
esurient†,
lickerish†,
thirsty,
athirst,
parched with thirst,
pinched with hunger,
famished,
dry,
drouthy†;
hungry as a hunter,
hungry as a hawk,
hungry as a horse,
hungry as a church mouse,
hungry as a bear.
[excessively desirous]
greedy
etc.
817.1.
unsatisfied,
unsated,
unslaked;
unsaturated.
eager,
avid,
keen;
burning,
fervent,
ardent;
agog;
all agog;
breathless;
impatient
etc.
(impetuous)
825;
bent on,
intent on,
set on,
bent upon,
intent upon,
set upon;
mad after,
enrage,
rabid,
dying for,
devoured by desire.
aspiring,
ambitious,
vaulting,
skyaspiring,
high-reaching.
desirable;
desired
etc.
v.;
in demand;
pleasing
etc.
(giving pleasure)
829;
appetizing,
appetible†;
tantalizing.
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Moby thesaurus: abet, aching for, aggravate, agitate, alienate, ambush, arouse, assail, assault, attack, bed on, bent on, blitz, blow the coals, bottom on, build on, bushwhack, come at, come between, come down on, crack down on, crazy to, dead set on, decided upon, descend on, descend upon, desirous of, determined upon, disaffect, disunite, divide, dying for, dying to, estrange, excite, fain of, fall on, fall upon, fan, fan the flame, feed the fire, ferment, fire, fixed upon, foment, fond of, found on, gang up on, go at, go for, ground on, harry, have at, heat, heat up, hell-bent on, hit, hit like lightning, impassion, incense, incite, inclined toward, inflame, instigate, intent upon, irritate, itching for, jump, keen on, land on, lay at, lay hands on, lay into, leaning toward, light into, light the fuse, mad on, make trouble, mug, nettle, partial to, pique, pit against, pitch into, pounce upon, pound, provoke, put up to, raise, rally, resolved upon, sail into, separate, set, set against, set at odds, set at variance, set upon, settled upon, sic on, sot on, sow dissension, spoiling for, stir the embers, stir up, stir up trouble, strike, surprise, swoop down on, take the offensive, tickle, undergird, underlie, wade into, whet, whip up, wild to, work up ... show more.
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