These verbs mean to set upon, physically or figuratively.
Or set upon a golden bough to sing
He was set upon by two masked men.
What was the matter with these women, always set upon this marrying notion?
Back on the road, he is set upon by four highwaymen.
They shall be set upon the most pure candlestick before the Lord continually.
The youngest killer was aged 10 at the time that Ernest Norton, 67, was set upon in Bexley, Kent.
The two boys frantically grabbed the rolling pin and the coal shovel and set upon their father.
Whenever we are obstinate and self-willed and set upon our own ambitions, we are hurting Jesus.
Each unit is constructed from a ribbed timber frame set upon Douglas fir stilts and then clad in English chestnut shingles.
It is not clear how she was traveling in a caravan that was set upon by robbers. She was taken by the robbers and sold into slavery.
Her parents were travelers in a caravan set upon by bandits, whose noisy slaughter of innocents roused the ire of the quiet Drow people.
The stars were set upon a blue field, in the words of the Congress’s resolution, “representing a new constellation” in the night sky.
Again, several years passed by. Then one day Panthaka, abbot of the monastery at Kaushambi, was set upon by Mahaduta's robber band while walking alone on a pilgrimage across the mountains.
