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# matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_axes

`Axis.``set_axes`(axes)

  Set the `Axes` instance in which the artist resides, if any.

  This has been deprecated in mpl 1.5, please use the axes property. Will be removed in 1.7 or 2.0.

  ACCEPTS: an `Axes` instance