[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

onset \on"set`\, v. t.
   1. to assault; to set upon. obs.
      1913 webster

   2. to set about; to begin. obs. --carew.
      1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

onset \on"set`\, n. on + set.
   1. a rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a
      storming; especially, the assault of an army. --milton.
      1913 webster

            the onset and retire
            of both your armies.                  --shak.
      1913 webster

            who on that day the word of onset gave.
                                                  --wordsworth.
      1913 webster

   2. a setting about; a beginning; -- used especially of
      diseases or pathological symptoms. --shak.
      1913 webster +pjc

            there is surely no greater wisdom than well to time
            the beginnings and onsets of things.  --bacon.
      1913 webster

   3. anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful
      appendage. obs. --johnson.
      1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

onset
     n 1: the beginning or early stages; "the onset of pneumonia"
          syn: oncoming
     2: military an offensive against an enemy using weapons;
        "the attack began at dawn" syn: attack, onslaught, onrush
see also:
oncoming attack onslaught onrush 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

147 moby thesaurus words for "onset":
   a, aggravated assault, aggression, albertype, alpha,
   amphibious attack, appearance, armed assault, assailing,
   assailment, assault, attack, banzai attack, beginning, birth,
   blast-off, blitz, blitzkrieg, book printing, breakthrough, charge,
   chromotypography, chromotypy, chromoxylography, collotype,
   color printing, commencement, counterattack, counteroffensive,
   coup de main, creation, crippling attack, cutting edge, dawn,
   dawning, dead set at, debut, descent on, diversion,
   diversionary attack, drive, edge, electronography,
   electrostatic printing, establishment, flank attack, flying start,
   foundation, fresh start, frontal attack, gas attack, genesis,
   graphic arts, gravure, halftone engraving, head-on attack,
   history of printing, hit, inauguration, inception, infiltration,
   initiation, institution, job printing, jump-off, kick-off,
   leading edge, letterpress, letterpress photoengraving,
   lightning attack, lightning war, line engraving, lithography,
   lithogravure, lithophotogravure, mass attack, megadeath,
   mimeograph, mugging, new departure, offense, offensive, offset,
   offset lithography, oncoming, onrush, onslaught, opening, origin,
   origination, outbreak, outset, outstart, overkill,
   palaeotypography, panzer warfare, photo-offset,
   photochemical process, photoengraving, photogelatin process,
   photographic reproduction, photography, photolithography,
   phototypography, phototypy, photozincography,
   planographic printing, planography, printing, printmaking,
   publication, publishing, push, raid, relief printing,
   rotary photogravure, rotogravure, run against, run at,
   running start, rush, sally, send-off, setout, setting in motion,
   setting-up, sheetwork, shock tactics, sortie, square one, start,
   start-off, starting point, stencil, storming, strike, take-off,
   three-color printing, two-color printing, typography,
   typolithography, unprovoked assault, wood-block printing,
   xerography, xeroprinting, xylotypography, zincography

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

onset, ma cdp, fips 51160
  location: 41.74758 n, 70.66758 w
  population 1990: 1461 1189 housing units
  area: 2.8 sq km land, 0.6 sq km water
  zip codes: 02532

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

onset, ma -- u.s. census designated place in massachusetts
   population 2000:    1292
   housing units 2000: 910
   land area 2000:     1.083253 sq. miles 2.805612 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.215025 sq. miles 0.556913 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1.298278 sq. miles 3.362525 sq. km
   fips code:            51160
   located within:       massachusetts ma, fips 25
   location:             41.746424 n, 70.663251 w
   zip codes 1990:     02532
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    onset, ma
    onset

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