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verb

Begin v. t.

1.

(past & past part. began, begun; pres. part. beginning) To enter on; to commence. "Ye nymphs of Solyma! begin the song."

2.

To trace or lay the foundation of; to make or place a beginning of. "The apostle begins our knowledge in the creatures, which leads us to the knowledge of God."

Synonyms: To commence; originate; set about; start.

Begin v. i. (past & past part. began, begun; pres. part. beginning)

1.

To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence. "Vast chain of being! which from God began."

2.

To do the first act or the first part of an action; to enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or state of being, or course of action; to take the first step; to start. "Tears began to flow." "When I begin, I will also make an end."

noun

Beginning n.

1.

The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states. "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."

2.

That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source. " I am... the beginning and the ending."

3.

That which is begun; a rudiment or element. "Mighty things from small beginnings grow."

4.

Enterprise. "To hinder our beginnings."

Synonyms: Inception; prelude; opening; threshold; origin; outset; foundation.

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Etymology of 'Beginning'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Beginning" Quotes from Famous Books

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— The Fair Haven • Samuel Butler

... contemplated the use of a complete concrete lining except where large quantities of water were encountered; in which case the arches, beginning at a point 15 deg. above the springing line, were to be built of vitrified paving brick. By reference to Plate XII it will be seen that the water-proofing, which in the concrete-roof tunnels extended the full height of the sides to the 15 deg. line, was carried in the brick-roof ...

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... even then have been conveyed to the human mind in merely intellectual forms? Or, granting that it might, could it be so conveyed to those who were only beginning to have the vaguest, most error-mingled and confused notions about our Lord and what he came to do? No. The inward experiences of our Lord, such as could be conveyed to them at all, could be conveyed to them only in a parable. For far plainer things than these, our Lord chose ...

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