Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent. · The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus. · The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to an initial peak. · A setting about; a beginning.
To assault; to set upon. · To set about; to begin.
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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