See onset in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "on",
"3": "set"
},
"expansion": "on- + set",
"name": "prefix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "onsettan",
"3": "",
"4": "to impose; oppress, bear down"
},
"expansion": "Old English onsettan (“to impose; oppress, bear down”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "насе́сть",
"g": "pf"
},
"expansion": "Russian насе́сть pf (naséstʹ)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From on- + set. Compare Old English onsettan (“to impose; oppress, bear down”). For semantic parallels for the meaning to assault, compare cognate Russian насе́сть pf (naséstʹ), наседа́ть impf (nasedátʹ).",
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{
"form": "onsets",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "onsetting",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "onset",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "onset",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
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"2": "onsetting",
"3": "onset"
},
"expansion": "onset (third-person singular simple present onsets, present participle onsetting, simple past and past participle onset)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"on‧set"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To assault; to set upon."
],
"links": [
[
"assault",
"assault"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To assault; to set upon."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To set about; to begin."
],
"links": [
[
"set about",
"set about"
],
[
"begin",
"begin"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To set about; to begin."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɒnˌsɛt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɔnˌsɛt/",
"note": "General American, Midland US, Southern US"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɑnˌsɛt/",
"tags": [
"Northern-US",
"cot-caught-merger"
]
}
],
"word": "onset"
}
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