deny vs set forth

deny

verb
  • To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow. 

  • To assert that something is not true. 

  • To refuse to give or grant something to someone. 

  • To disallow or reject. 

  • To take something away from someone; to deprive of. 

  • To prevent from scoring. 

set forth

verb
  • To present for consideration; to propose. 

  • To begin a journey or expedition. 

  • To start. 

  • To state; describe; give an account of. 

How often have the words deny and set forth occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )