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set on:

I. To instigate:

1. immitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (not so in Cic.): some said that Tarquinius had been s. on by Cicero, alii Tarquinium a Cicerone immissum aiebant, Sall. C. 48, fin.: he s.s on Suillius to accuse them both, Suillium accusandis utrisque immittit, Tac. A. 11, 1, init.

2. instīgo, 1: to s. a dog on any one, canem in aliquem i., Petr. 95: v. TO INSTIGATE, INCITE.

II. To attack: ădŏrior, invādo: v. TO FALL UPON, ATTACK.