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BEGIN', pret. began pp. begun. L.genero,gigno Heb.to make ready, to adapt,prepare, establish.

1. To have an original or first existence to take rise to commence.

As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began. Luke 1 .

Judgment must begin at the house of God. 1 Peter 4

From Nimrod first the savage race began.

And tears began to flow.

2. To do the first act to enter upon something new to take the first step as, begin, my muse.

Begin every day to repent.

When I begin, I will also make an end. 1 Samuel 3

BEGIN'v.t. To do the first act of any thing to enter on to commence.

Ye nymphs of Solyma, begin the song.

And this they begin to do. Genesis 11

2. To trace from any thing, as the first ground to lay the foundation.

The apostle begins our knowledge in the creatures, which leads us to the knowledge of God.

To begin with, to enter upon first to use or employ first as, to begin with the Latin Grammar to begin business with a small capital.

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Entry for 'Begin'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​b/begin.html.
 
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