different between setten vs settee

English

Etymology

From Middle English setten.

Verb

setten

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) alternative past participle of set

   He has setten up shop.

Anagrams

• set net, set-net, setnet, tenets

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *setten, from Proto-Germanic *satjan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?zet??n/

Verb

setten

1. to set, to place

Inflection

Descendants

• Dutch: zetten
  • Afrikaans: sit
• Limburgish: zètte

Further reading

• “setten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “setten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cetten, zetten, settan, settæn, sætten, seit, sette, sete

Etymology

From Old English settan, from Proto-Germanic *satjan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?t?n/

Verb

setten

1. To seat, cause to sit
2. To be sitting, sit
3. To put, lay, set, place
4. To insert, place into, mount, install
5. To apply, attach, join
6. To erect, put up, build, construct
7. To set up, use, activate, ready
8. To heal (a wound; a bone)
9. To plant, grow, seed
10. To attack, strike
11. To remove, pull down
12. To bring, lead, guide, carry
13. To provide, offer, serve
14. To travel, journey, go
15. To appraise, value
16. To establish, prescribe, impose
17. To chair, head
18. To declare, write
19. To appoint
20. To cause, lead to

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: set
• Scots: sett, set

References

• “setten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??ti?/
• Rhymes: -i?

Etymology 1

Unclear, possibly from settle (“seat, long bench”) +? -ee (diminutive suffix)

Noun

settee (plural settees)

1. A long seat with a back, made to accommodate several persons at once; a sofa.
   • 1954, Alexander Alderson, The Subtle Minotaur,^[1] chapter 18:

     The lounge was furnished in old English oak and big Knole settees. There were rugs from Tabriz and Kerman on the highly polished floor. […] A table lamp was fashioned from a silver Egyptian hookah.

Translations

See also

• loveseat
• couch
• divan
• sofa

Etymology 2

From French scétie, scitie.

Noun

settee (plural settees)

1. A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, used in the Mediterranean.

Anagrams

• testee