ONSET

attack, onslaught, onset, onrush

(noun) (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); “the attack began at dawn”

onset, oncoming

(noun) the beginning or early stages; “the onset of pneumonia”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

onset (plural onsets)

(archaic) An attack; an assault especially of an army.

Synonym: storming

(medicine) The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.

(phonology) The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus.

Antonym: coda

Coordinate terms: nucleus, coda

Holonym: syllable

(acoustics) The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to an initial peak.

A setting about; a beginning.

Synonyms: start, beginning, Thesaurus:beginning

(obsolete) Anything added, such as an ornament or as a useful appendage.

Verb

onset (third-person singular simple present onsets, present participle onsetting, simple past and past participle onset)

(obsolete) To assault; to set upon.

(obsolete) To set about; to begin.

Anagrams

• 'onest, Eston, SONET, Stone, notes, onest, set on, seton, steno, steno-, stone, tones

Source: Wiktionary

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On"set`, n. Etym: [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. Shak. Who on that day the word of onset gave. Wordsworth.

2. A setting about; a beginning. [Obs.] Shak. There is surely no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things. Bacon.

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

On"set`, v. t.

1. To assault; to set upon. [Obs.]

2. To set about; to begin. [Obs.] Carew.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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