set an example

:  to cause to sit :  place in or on a seat

:  to put (a fowl) on eggs to hatch them

:  to put (eggs) for hatching under a fowl or into an incubator

:  the act or action of setting

:  the condition of being set

:  a number of things of the same kind that belong or are used together

:  intent, determined

:  intentional, premeditated

:  fixed by authority or appointment :  prescribed, specified

:  one that serves as a pattern to be imitated or not to be imitated

:  a punishment inflicted on someone as a warning to others

:  an individual so punished

:  to serve as an example of

:  to be or set an example to