What is the meaning of Onset?

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(n.) Anything set on or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
(v.t.) To assault; to set upon.
(v.t.) To set about; to begin.
(n.) A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.
(n.) A setting about; a beginning.

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