Definition of begin

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Begin (v. i.) 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..

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Nascency :: Nascency (n.) State of being nascent; birth; beginning; origin.
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..
Rudiment :: Rudiment (n.) Hence, an element or first principle of any art or science; a beginning of any knowledge; a first step..
Over :: Over (adv.) From beginning to end; throughout the course, extent, or expanse of anything; as, to look over accounts, or a stock of goods; a dress covered over with jewels..
Infinito :: Infinito (a.) Infinite; perpetual, as a canon whose end leads back to the beginning. See Infinite, a., 5..
Evenfall :: Evenfall (n.) Beginning of evening.
Inceptive :: Inceptive (a.) Beginning; expressing or indicating beginning; as, an inceptive proposition; an inceptive verb, which expresses the beginning of action; -- called also inchoative..
Poach :: Poach (v. t.) To begin and not complete.
Tautochrone :: Tautochrone (n.) A curved line, such that a heavy body, descending along it by the action of gravity, will always arrive at the lowest point in the same time, wherever in the curve it may begin to fall; as, an inverted cycloid with its base horizontal is a tautochrone..
Former :: Former (a.) Near the beginning; preceeding; as, the former part of a discourse or argument..
Rudiment :: Rudiment (n.) That which is unformed or undeveloped; the principle which lies at the bottom of any development; an unfinished beginning.
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.
Horse-chestnut :: Horse-chestnut (n.) The tree itself, which was brought from Constantinople in the beginning of the sixteenth century, and is now common in the temperate zones of both hemispheres. The native American species are called buckeyes..
Rhyme :: Rhyme (n.) Correspondence of sound in the terminating words or syllables of two or more verses, one succeeding another immediately or at no great distance. The words or syllables so used must not begin with the same consonant, or if one begins with a vowel the other must begin with a consonant. The vowel sounds and accents must be the same, as also the sounds of the final consonants if there be any..
Autumn :: Autumn (n.) The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called the fall. Astronomically, it begins in the northern temperate zone at the autumnal equinox, about September 23, and ends at the winter solstice, about December 23; but in popular language, autumn, in America, comprises September, October, and November..
Aporia :: Aporia (n.) A figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss what course to pursue, where to begin to end, what to say, etc..
Fillet :: Fillet (n.) The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests..
Principiant :: Principiant (a.) Relating to principles or beginnings.
Finish :: Finish (n.) Completion; -- opposed to start, or beginning..
Alliteration :: Alliteration (n.) The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: -.
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