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Onset
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.
(2):
(n.) A setting about; a beginning.
(3):
(n.) Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
(4):
(v. t.) To assault; to set upon.
(5):
(v. t.) To set about; to begin.
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Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Onset'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/o/onset.html. 1828.