Definition of begin

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Begin (v. i.) To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.

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Dies Irae :: Dies Irae () Day of wrath; -- the name and beginning of a famous mediaeval Latin hymn on the Last Judgment.
Inceptor :: Inceptor (n.) A beginner; one in the rudiments.
Kindle :: Kindle (v. t.) To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to ignite; to cause to begin burning; to start; to light; as, to kindle a match, or shavings..
Glide :: Glide (n.) A transitional sound in speech which is produced by the changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to another, and with gradual change in the most frequent cases; as in passing from the begining to the end of a regular diphthong, or from vowel to consonant or consonant to vowel in a syllable, or from one component to the other of a double or diphthongal consonant (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 19, 161, 162). Also (by Bell and others), the vanish (or brief final element)
Inceptive :: Inceptive (a.) Beginning; expressing or indicating beginning; as, an inceptive proposition; an inceptive verb, which expresses the beginning of action; -- called also inchoative..
Agnus Dei :: Agnus Dei () A triple prayer in the sacrifice of the Mass, beginning with the words Agnus Dei..
Epact :: Epact (n.) The moon's age at the beginning of the calendar year, or the number of days by which the last new moon has preceded the beginning of the year..
Inception :: Inception (n.) Beginning; commencement; initiation.
Infant :: Infant (n.) A child in the first period of life, beginning at his birth; a young babe; sometimes, a child several years of age..
Threshold :: Threshold (n.) Fig.: The place or point of entering or beginning, entrance; outset; as, the threshold of life..
Initial :: Initial (a.) Placed at the beginning; standing at the head, as of a list or series; as, the initial letters of a name..
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..
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..
Aphetic :: Aphetic (a.) Shortened by dropping a letter or a syllable from the beginning of a word; as, an aphetic word or form..
Paragraph :: Paragraph (n.) A distinct part of a discourse or writing; any section or subdivision of a writing or chapter which relates to a particular point, whether consisting of one or many sentences. The division is sometimes noted by the mark /, but usually, by beginning the first sentence of the paragraph on a new line and at more than the usual distance from the margin..
Inaugurate :: Inaugurate (v. t.) To begin with good omens.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle.
Can :: Can () an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.].
Evenfall :: Evenfall (n.) Beginning of evening.
Return :: Return (v. i.) To come back, or begin again, after an interval, regular or irregular; to appear again..
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