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Verb
set forward (third-person singular simple present sets forward, present participle setting forward, simple past and past participle set forward)
- To put or carry (something) forward.
- To help or assist (a person, project etc.); to promote.
- To propose, suggest (an opinion, theory etc.).
1651, Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan:God endued them with a mind conformable, and subordinate to that of Moses, that they might Prophecy, that is to say, speak to the people in Gods name, in such manner, as to set forward (as Ministers of Moses, and by his authority) such doctrine as was agreeable to Moses his doctrine.
- (intransitive) To set off, set forth; to start.
1790, Jane Austen, “Love and Freindship”, in Juvenilia:We promised that we would, and he set forwards on his Journey to Town.
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