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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Begin \Be*gin"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Began}, {Begun}; p. pr &
vb n. {Beginning}.] [AS. beginnan (akin to OS biginnan D.
& G. beginnen OHG. biginnan Goth., du-ginnan, Sw begynna
Dan. begynde); pref. be- + an assumed ginnan [root]31. See
{Gin} to begin.]
1. To have or commence an independent or first existence; to
take rise; to commence.
Vast chain of being! which from God began. --Pope.
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.'' --Dryden.
When I begin, I will also make an end --1 Sam. iii.
12.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Begun \Be*gun"\,
p. p. of {Begin}.
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