onsetting

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noun

An onset; a beginning.

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Meanings

nounonsetting (plural onsettings)

plural onsettings

  1. obsoleteAn onset; a beginning.

    Etymological figures are sundry kinds of changings, and outcastings, or onsettings, of breathsounds and clippings, in the forms of words.

    1854, William Barnes, A Philological Grammar
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of onset
Cite this entry
APA

onsetting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onsetting

MLA

“onsetting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onsetting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “onsetting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onsetting.

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