Definition of beginning

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Beginning (n.) That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.

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Antanaclasis :: Antanaclasis (n.) A repetition of words beginning a sentence, after a long parenthesis; as, Shall that heart (which not only feels them, but which has all motions of life placed in them), shall that heart, etc..
Hilary Term :: Hilary term () Formerly, one of the four terms of the courts of common law in England, beginning on the eleventh of January and ending on the thirty-first of the same month, in each year; -- so called from the festival of St. Hilary, January 13th..
Coinitial :: Coinitial (a.) Having a common beginning.
Obsecration :: Obsecration (n.) The act of obsecrating or imploring; as, the obsecrations of the Litany, being those clauses beginning with By..
Begin :: Begin (v. t.) To trace or lay the foundation of; to make or place a beginning of.
Entrance :: Entrance (n.) The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation; as, a difficult entrance into business..
Nascency :: Nascency (n.) State of being nascent; birth; beginning; origin.
Dayspring :: Dayspring (n.) The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning..
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..
Incipient :: Incipient (a.) Beginning to be, or to show itself; commencing; initial; as, the incipient stage of a fever; incipient light of day..
Originally :: Originally (adv.) In the original time, or in an original manner; primarily; from the beginning or origin; not by derivation, or imitation..
Found :: Found (v. i.) To take the ffirst steps or measures in erecting or building up; to furnish the materials for beginning; to begin to raise; to originate; as, to found a college; to found a family..
S :: S () the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonant, and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its hissing sound. It has two principal sounds; one a mere hissing, as in sack, this; the other a vocal hissing (the same as that of z), as in is, wise. Besides these it sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure, measure. It generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words, but in the middle and at the end of words its sound is determined by usage. In a few words it
Epanadiplosis :: Epanadiplosis (n.) A figure by which the same word is used both at the beginning and at the end of a sentence; as, Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice..
Beginning :: Beginning (n.) That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
Quotation :: Quotation (n.) A piece of hollow type metal, lower than type, and measuring two or more pica ems in length and breadth, used in the blank spaces at the beginning and end of chapters, etc..
Originate :: Originate (v. t.) To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new.
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..
Head :: Head (n.) The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of the source, or the height of the surface, as of water, above a given place, as above an orifice at which it issues, and the pressure resulting from the height or from motion; sometimes also, the quantity in reserve; as, a mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet head; also, that part of a gulf or bay most remote from the outlet or the sea..
Forth :: Forth (adv.) Throughly; from beginning to end.
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