Beginning

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Begin
2. n. The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
3. n. That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
4. n. That which is begun; a rudiment or element.

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Begin

1. n. Beginning.
2. v. i. To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.
3. 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.
4. v. t. To enter on; to commence.
5. v. t. To trace or lay the foundation of; to make or place a beginning of.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Beginner

1. n. One who begins or originates anything. Specifically: A young or inexperienced practitioner or student; a tyro.

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Befriendment

1. n. Act of befriending.

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Befrill

1. v. t. To furnish or deck with a frill.

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Befringe

1. v. t. To furnish with a fringe; to form a fringe upon; to adorn as with fringe.

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Befuddled

1. imp. & p. p. of Befuddle

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Befuddle

1. v. t. To becloud and confuse, as with liquor.

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Beg

1. n. A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey.
2. v. t. To ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate for; to beseech.
3. v. t. To ask for as a charity, esp. to ask for habitually or from house to house.
4. v. t. To make petition to; to entreat; as, to beg a person to grant a favor.
5. v. t. To take for granted; to assume without proof.
6. v. t. To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.

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Begged

1. imp. & p. p. of Beg

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