单词 | onsetting |
释义 | † onsettingn. Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete. 1. The action of placing or fixing on. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > [noun] > attaching or affixing affixionc1429 tachingc1440 onsetting1501 adjunction?1545 annexing1573 affixation1610 tethering1672 accretion1713 attachment1753 attaching1764 affixture1854 adhibition1866 1501 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 115 For..new girths set on the powdir barrelis, and for onsetting of thaim. 1574–5 Treasurer's Accts. Burgh Haddington 6 For the onsetting of the loke of the kyrk dure. 1618 in J. Imrie & J. G. Dunbar Accts. Masters of Wks. (1982) II. 119 To the wrychtis and other warkmen at the onsetting of the ruiff on Wallace tour. 2. An attack, assault; the action of attacking or assailing someone. Also: incitement, urging. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] assault1297 venuea1330 scoura1400 wassailc1400 frayc1430 brunta1450 sault1510 onseta1522 attemptate1524 onsetting1541 breach1578 dint1579 objectiona1586 invasion1591 extent1594 grassation1610 attack1655 run1751 wrack1863 mayhem1870 serve1967 the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation puttingOE sleatinga1122 eggingc1200 pricking?c1225 enticement1303 movinga1382 eggmentc1386 stirring1399 instinct1412 instigationc1422 motiona1425 provocationa1425 coyingc1440 ertingc1440 tollingc1440 artation1441 incitation1477 instinction1490 inhortationc1503 stimulation1526 abetment1533 onsetting1541 provokement?1545 incitament1579 stirring?c1580 irritation1589 incitement1594 spurring1611 to give foment to1613 fomenting1615 prompturea1616 proritation1615 urgea1618 exstimulation1626 fomentation1633 instinctment1661 spurning1672 impulsing1885 1541 in J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (1880) III. 394/1 He hes maid diuerss on~settingis & prouocaciounis on hym. 1562 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 218 For the cruell onsetting upoun James Lord Ogilvy. 1595 in Cal. State Papers Scotl. (1952) XII. 103 [He] will make his vantage by skirmishing and onsetting where vantage may be had. 1619 W. Sclater Expos. 1 Thess. (ii. 15-16) 180 All the sinnes, that by his on-setting and occasion haue beene committed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). onsettingadj. Of a condition or state: beginning to develop; commencing. Occasionally (in figurative use): attacking; making a violent or noisy approach. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [adjective] > attacking (of hostile agency) assaulting1567 incursive1592 ingruent1610 visitatinga1625 onsetting1892 1892 W. E. Henley Rhymes xxi, in Song of Sword 2 The roar of onsetting waves. 1930 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 218 131 The first sign of onsetting chondrification in this structure. 1959 Canad. Jrnl. Econ. & Polit. Sci. 25 160 For the first time doubts and fears about the onsetting depression assailed them. 1981 D. Cicchetti & P. Pogge-Hesse in M. E. Lamb & L. R. Sherrod Infant Social Cognition ix. 235 Between 18 and 24 months, the emergence of negativity signals the onsetting development of the self-concept. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1501adj.1892 |
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