1. (n.) An onslaught; an assault; a beginning; as, the onset of a cold\; an attack; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.

2. (n.) A setting about; a beginning.

3. (n.) Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.

4. (v. t.) To assault; to set upon.

5. (v. t.) To set about; to begin.

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