v. i.
Vast chain of being! which from God began. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
When I begin, I will also make an end. 1 Sam. iii. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Ye nymphs of Solyma ! begin the song. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
The apostle begins our knowledge in the creatures, which leads us to the knowledge of God. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Beginning. [ Poetic & Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who begins or originates anything. Specifically: A young or inexperienced practitioner or student; a tyro. [ 1913 Webster ]
A sermon of a new beginner. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Gen. i. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
I am . . . the beginning and the ending. Rev. i. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]
Mighty things from small beginnings grow. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]