Onset

[On·set`]

To set about; to begin.

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A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.

Noun
(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn"

Noun
the beginning or early stages; "the onset of pneumonia"

n.
A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.

n.
A setting about; a beginning.

n.
Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.

v. t.
To assault; to set upon.

v. t.
To set about; to begin.

Onset

On"set` , n. [On + set.] 1. A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army. Milton.

The onset and retire Of both your armies.

Who on that day the word of onset gave.

2. A setting about; a beginning. [Obs.] Shak.

There is surely no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things.

3. Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage. [Obs.] Johnson.

Onset

On"set`, v. t. 1. To assault; to set upon. [Obs.] 2. To set about; to begin. [Obs.] Carew.

A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.

To assault; to set upon.

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