outsetting

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English

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Verb

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outsetting

  1. present participle and gerund of outset

Noun

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outsetting (plural outsettings)

  1. Start, originally of a journey; outset, beginning. [from 17th c.[1]]
    • 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: [], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: [] S[amuel] Richardson;  [], →OCLC:
      He […] valued himself, that he only wanted Caesar's out-setting, to make a figure among his contemporaries.
    • 1922, Francis Lynde, Pirates' Hope, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 32:
      As it appeared, there was to be no loss of time in the outsetting.

References

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “outset”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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