set in
SET IN
(as a tide) se incitare; (as the spring) appetere. [Vid: COME].
(as a tide) se incitare; (as the spring) appetere. [Vid: COME].
set in: i. e. to come on, begin to prevail:
1. incĭto, 1 (with pron. reflect.: to set in as a tide or a current: this word has the idea of rushing in with force): when the tide had s. in from the deep sea, quum ex alto se aestus incitavisset, Caes. B. G. 3, 12, init.: which way the force of the current had s. in, quo major vis aquae se incitavisset, ib. 4, 17, ad fin.
2. appĕto, īvi and ii, ītum, 4 (used of seasons): winter was setting in, hiems appetebat, Tac. Agr. 10, ad fin.: Liv.
1. incĭto, 1 (with pron. reflect.: to set in as a tide or a current: this word has the idea of rushing in with force): when the tide had s. in from the deep sea, quum ex alto se aestus incitavisset, Caes. B. G. 3, 12, init.: which way the force of the current had s. in, quo major vis aquae se incitavisset, ib. 4, 17, ad fin.
2. appĕto, īvi and ii, ītum, 4 (used of seasons): winter was setting in, hiems appetebat, Tac. Agr. 10, ad fin.: Liv.