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outset

Today it means: An onset; the beginning or initial stage of something. Full definition →

First used 1759

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outset · noun¹

From out- + set, replacing earlier outsetting.

outset · verb²

From out- + set.

First known use, by meaning

from 1759 An onset; the beginning or initial stage of something.

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