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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'onset' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions onset noun  A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army. --w:John Milton, Milton. The and retire Of both your armies. --Shak. Who on that day the word of gave. --w:Wordsworth, Wordsworth (obsolete) A setting about; a beginning --Shak. There is surely no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things. --w:List_of_people_named_Bacon, Bacon. (obsolete) Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage. --w:Samuel_Johnson, Johnson. Translations:  verb (onsets, onsetting, onset) (obsolete) To assault; to set upon. (obsolete) To set about; to begin. --w:Carew, Carew.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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