Etymological figures are sundry kinds of changings, and outcastings, or onsettings, of breathsounds and clippings, in the forms of words.
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Onsetting
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Noun(6 words)
counterattackcounteroffensivecoup de maincreationcrippling attackcutting edgedawndawningdead set atdebutdescent ondiversiondiversionary attackdriveedgeelectronographyelectrostatic printingestablishmentflank attackflying start
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foundationfresh startfrontal attackgas attackgenesisgraphic artsgravurehalftone engravinghead-on attackhistory of printinghitinaugurationinceptioninfiltrationinitiationinstitutionjob printingjump-offkick-offleading edgeletterpressletterpress photoengravinglightning attacklightning warline engravinglithographylithogravure
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lithophotogravuremass attackmegadeathmimeographmuggingnew departureoffenseoffensiveoffsetoffset lithographyoncomingonrushonslaughtopeningoriginoriginationoutbreakoutsetoutstartoverkill
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palaeotypographypanzer warfarephoto offsetphoto-offsetphotochemical processphotoengravingphotogelatin processphotographic reproductionphotographyphotolithographyphototypographyphototypyphotozincographyplanographic printingplanographyprintingprintmakingpublicationpublishingpushraidreflectionrelief printingrotary photogravurerotogravurerun againstrun atrunning startrushsallysend offsend-offsetoutsetting in motionsetting-upsheetworkshock tacticssortiespatesquare onestartstart-offstarting pointstencilstormingstriketake-offtakeoffthree-color printingtwo-color printingtypographytypolithographyunprovoked assaultwood-block printingxerographyxeroprintingxylotypographyzincography
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