Begin

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Beginning.

II. Begin ·vt To enter on; to Commence.

III. Begin ·vt To trace or lay the foundation of; to make or place a beginning of.

IV. Begin ·vi To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to Commence.

V. Begin ·vi 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.