Multi-sense: place upright; elevate to authority; claim to be; assemble or erect; establish; provide capital for; treat to drinks; stimulate; plan a deception; bring about.
Examples:
- They set up a new charity for the homeless.
Origin: c. 1200 (senses 1, 4); late 1300s (sense 2); early 1400s (sense 5)
Synonyms: establish, found, arrange, frame (sense 10)