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onset
English
Etymology
From on- +? set. Compare Old English onsettan (“to impose; oppress, bear down”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??n?s?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /??n?s?t/
- (US, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /??n?s?t/
Noun
onset (plural onsets)
- (archaic) An attack; an assault especially of an army.
- Synonym: storming
- 1800, William Wordsworth, Six thousand Veterans
- Who on that day the word of onset gave.
- (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.
- Synonym: anlaut
- Antonym: coda
- Coordinate terms: nucleus, coda, rime
- 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; see also Thesaurus:beginning
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Delays
- There is surely no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things.
- (obsolete) Anything added, such as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
- 1592, William Shakespeare , Titus Andronicus, Act 1, Scene 1
- And will with deeds requite thy gentleness:
- And, for an onset, Titus, to advance
- Thy name and honourable family,
- Lavinia will I make my empress.
- 1592, William Shakespeare , Titus Andronicus, Act 1, Scene 1
Translations
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.
References
- onset in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- 'onest, ETNOs, Eston, SONET, Stone, notes, onest, set on, seton, steno, steno-, stone, tones
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incursion
English
Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French, from Latin incursio, incursionem.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??(r)??n
Noun
incursion (plural incursions)
- An aggressive movement into somewhere; an invasion.
Synonyms
- attack
- movement
Related terms
- incur
- incursive
Translations
Anagrams
- cornusiin
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin incursio, incursionem.
Noun
incursion f (plural incursions)
- incursion
- foray
- excursion
Related terms
- encourir
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