set forth Copy link Outline I. To offer or present to view1. expōno, 32. explĭco, āvi and ui (the latter post-Aug.), ātum or ĭtum, 1 (gradually to develop an argument, and s. it forth)3. dissĕro, rui, rtum, 34. exprōmo, mpsi, mptum, 3 (bring out to view)II. To start on a journey • set forth: I. To offer or present to view: 1. expōno, 3: (used in fig. sense of discourse): Gallus began to s. forth the plan of this work, Gallus rationem hujus operis e. coepit, Cic. Rep. 1, 14, med.: to s. forth verbosely, pluribus verbis e., id. Fin. 3, 4, 15. 2. explĭco, āvi and ui (the latter post-Aug.), ātum or ĭtum, 1 (gradually to develop an argument, and s. it forth): to s. forth anything very plainly and clearly, aliquid apertissime planissimeque e., Cic. Verr. 2, 64, 156: to enlarge upon and s. forth a speech, orationem dilatare atque e., id. de Or. 1, 35, 163. 3. dissĕro, rui, rtum, 3: (lit. to arrange and s. forth arguments): you had s. forth many things concerning eloquence, permulta de eloquentia disserueras, id. de Or. 2, 3, 13. Comp. ēdissĕro, 3 (rare): nor need we s. forth the end of that unhappy family, neque necesse est edisseri a nobis, quae finis funestae familiae, id. Leg. 2, 22, 55: Laelius s. forth the same things, Laelius eadem edisseruit, Liv. 27, 7, init.: Virg. 4. exprōmo, mpsi, mptum, 3 (bring out to view): but s. forth, if you please, those laws of yours about religion, sed exprome, si placet, istas leges de religione, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 17: to s. forth what can be said for each opinion, quid in quamque sententiam dici possit e., id. Div. 2, 72, 150. II. To start on a journey: v. TO SET-OUT.