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On"set` (?), n. [On + set.] 1. A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army. Milton.
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The onset and retire
Of both your armies. Shak.
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Who on that day the word of onset gave. Wordsworth.
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2. A setting about; a beginning; -- used especially of diseases or pathological symptoms. Shak.
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There is surely no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things. Bacon.
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3. Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage. [Obs.] Johnson.
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On"set`, v. t. 1. To assault; to set upon. [Obs.]
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2. To set about; to begin. [Obs.] Carew.
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