To set; lay; place; express; render; commit; apply; urge.
To direct one's course; steer; move.
Helen put in quickly. – The Law-Breakers by Ridgwell Cullum
" Yes, I see it when you put it like that, Nick, of course. – The Keeper of the Door by Ethel M. Dell
Who had put it there? – The Dark Flower by John Galsworthy