begin

verb

1. (ergative)To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.

   “I began playing the piano at the age of five.”

   “Now that everyone is here, we should begin the presentation.”

   “The program begins at 9 o’clock on the dot.”

   “I rushed to get to class on time, but the lesson had already begun.”

   “The Apoſtle begins our Knowledge in the Creatures, which lead us to the Knowledge of God, if we will make uſe of our Reaſon: [...]”

2. (intransitive)To come into existence.

   “Vast chain of being! which from God began.”

noun

1. (nonstandard)Beginning; start.

   “In prayer, in the light, I see my kin / I touch my tree, my roots, my begin”