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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.

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