set off
set off:
I. To extol, praise: praedĭco, vendĭto: v.TO PRAISE , EXTOL .
II. To adorn, embellish:
1. illūmĭno, 1: the purple s.s off the robe, purpura vestem illuminat, Plin. 9, 36, 60, fin. Fig.: metaphor especially distinguishes and s.s off a speech, translatum maxime notat et illuminat orationem, Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 170: cf. Quint. 12, 10, 36 (oratio translatorum nitore illuminanda).
2 illustro, 1 to s. off a speech, orationem i., Cic. Or. 27, 92.
3. orno, ădorno, 1: v.TO ADORN .
4. distinguo, nxi, nctum, 3: to vary and s. off a speech, orationem variare et d. [quasi quibusdam verborum sententiarumque insignibus], id. de Or. 2, 9, 36.
I. To extol, praise: praedĭco, vendĭto: v.
II. To adorn, embellish:
1. illūmĭno, 1: the purple s.s off the robe, purpura vestem illuminat, Plin. 9, 36, 60, fin. Fig.: metaphor especially distinguishes and s.s off a speech, translatum maxime notat et illuminat orationem, Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 170: cf. Quint. 12, 10, 36 (oratio translatorum nitore illuminanda).
2 illustro, 1 to s. off a speech, orationem i., Cic. Or. 27, 92.
3. orno, ădorno, 1: v.
4. distinguo, nxi, nctum, 3: to vary and s. off a speech, orationem variare et d. [quasi quibusdam verborum sententiarumque insignibus], id. de Or. 2, 9, 36.