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What does set down mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word set down? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To write.
  2. (transitive) To fix; to establish; to ordain.
  3. (transitive) To place, especially on the ground or a surface; to cease carrying; to allow passengers to alight.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To humiliate.
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At last I could knit a few rows, enjoy the process and then set down the needles.
The others nodded in mute agreement, assenting to the terms set down by the car's owner.
The appeal was not set down until 17th June, so at best the application was just under two months late, and at worst three months late.
Christopher set down his cards, exposing a three, five, and ten of spades and the ace of diamonds.
I sighed, wished for an electric heater, then set down to the task of rekindling the fire.
And yet Vermeer seems willing to set down the areas of light and shade just as they occur.

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