set fire unto

A form of set fire to — To cause (something) to be on fire; to set (something) alight.

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Meanings

verbset fire unto (third-person singular simple present sets fire unto, present participle setting fire unto, simple past and past participle set fire unto)

present singular third person sets fire unto · participle present setting fire unto

  1. archaicpoetictransitiveArchaic form of set fire to (“to cause (something) to be on fire”).

    Then with his sword she cut off the tail of his steed and set fire unto the house of Sohrab, and she gave his gold and jewels unto the poor.

    The Epic of Kings

    1883 [c. 977–1010], Ferdowsi, translated by Helen Zimmern, شاهنامه [Shahnameh, The Epic of Kings], translation of original in Classical Persian
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APA

set fire unto. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20fire%20unto

MLA

“set fire unto.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20fire%20unto. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “set fire unto,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20fire%20unto.

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