(a) setting forth, faring, etc.; (b) trial, temptation.
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释义 | society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > [noun] > setting out (20) foundingOE (a) setting forth, faring, etc.; (b) trial, temptation. partingc1300 The action of going away or setting out; departure. Also euphemistic: death, dying (cf. passing, n. 1a) (now archaic). Now rare, except as merged… outgoing?c1335 The action or fact of going out or forth; exit, departure, or removal; issue, effluence, emanation. buskinga1400 Setting out, departure. Obsolete. way-gangingc1485 = waygoing, n.; cf. way-gang, n. 1. profectiona1538 The action or fact of going forward; progression, advance; (Astrology) the movement of a celestial body in the order of the zodiacal signs; = progr… departure1540 The action of setting out or starting on a journey; spec. the starting of a railway train from a station. Also attributive. (Opposed to arrival.) waygoinga1600 The action or fact of going away or leaving; departure, esp. on a journey, or from a place of residence or position of employment. Also: death… way-ganga1628 = waygoing, n. upcoming1654 The action of coming up, in various senses. outsettinga1698 The action of setting out or starting on a journey, course of action, undertaking, etc.; a start, an outset. Now rare. setting-out1711 With various adverbs, as setting-down, setting-forth, setting-in, setting-off, setting-out, setting to: see the corresponding combinations of set, v.1 Subcategories:— instance of (5) — friendly ceremony on occasion of (2) — those departing or arriving (1) |
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