Definition of begin

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Begin (v. t.) To trace or lay the foundation of; to make or place a beginning of.

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Opening :: Opening (n.) The act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement; first appearance; as, the opening of a speech..
Inauguration :: Inauguration (n.) The formal beginning or initiation of any movement, course of action, etc.; as, the inauguration of a new system, a new condition, etc..
Mine :: Mine (pron. & a.) Belonging to me; my. Used as a pronominal to me; my. Used as a pronominal adjective in the predicate; as, Vengeance is mine; I will repay. Rom. xii. 19. Also, in the old style, used attributively, instead of my, before a noun beginning with a vowel..
Unbegun :: Unbegun (a.) Not yet begun; also, existing without a beginning..
Kindle :: Kindle (v. i.) To take fire; to begin to burn with flame; to start as a flame.
Prime :: Prime (n.) The first part; the earliest stage; the beginning or opening, as of the day, the year, etc.; hence, the dawn; the spring..
Eternity :: Eternity (n.) Infinite duration, without beginning in the past or end in the future; also, duration without end in the future; endless time..
Sympode :: Symploce (n.) The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses; as, Justice came down from heaven to view the earth; Justice returned to heaven, and left the earth..
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant; as, a steep pitch in the road; the pitch of a roof..
Enter :: Enter (v. i.) To go or come in; -- often with in used pleonastically; also, to begin; to take the first steps..
Staff :: Staff (n.) A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave..
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) To shoot up, out, or forth; to come to the light; to begin to appear; to emerge; as a plant from its seed, as streams from their source, and the like; -often followed by up, forth, or out..
Source :: Source (n.) The rising from the ground, or beginning, of a stream of water or the like; a spring; a fountain..
Reversion :: Reversion (n.) A payment which is not to be received, or a benefit which does not begin, until the happening of some event, as the death of a living person..
Exordium :: Exordium (n.) A beginning; an introduction; especially, the introductory part of a discourse or written composition, which prepares the audience for the main subject; the opening part of an oration..
Principia :: Principia (n. pl.) First principles; fundamental beginnings; elements; as. Newton's Principia.
Aggressor :: Aggressor (n.) The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.
Germinate :: Germinate (v. i.) To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ..
Accent :: Accent (n.) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure..
Gin :: Gin (v. i.) To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan..
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