outsetting
English
Verb
outsetting
- present participle of outset
Noun
outsetting (plural outsettings)
- 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: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], OCLC 13631815:
- He […] valued himself, that he only wanted Caesar's out-setting, to make a figure among his contemporaries.
- 1922, Francis Lynde, Pirates' Hope, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, page 32:
- As it appeared, there was to be no loss of time in the outsetting.
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References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “outset”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
- setting out