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Search phrase: onset

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
King JohnKJ II.i.326From first to last, the onset and retireFrom first to last, the on-set and retyre
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.241And for an onset, Titus, to advanceAnd for an Onset Titus to aduance
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG III.ii.94To give the onset to thy good advice.To giue the on-set to thy good aduise.

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.432 Swell in their pride, the onset still expecting. Swell in their pride, the onset still expecting:
SonnetsSonn.90.11 But in the onset come; so shall I taste But in the onset come, so stall I taste

Glossary

 4 result(s).
onsetmake a beginning with, start acting on
onsetattack, assault
onsetstart, beginning, commencement
visitationforceful onset, violence, buffeting

Thesaurus

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forceful onsetvisitation
onset, forcefulvisitation

Themes and Topics

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
ONSETBASIConset n

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