[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

begin \begin"\, n.
   beginning. poetic  obs. --spenser.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

begin \begin"\, v. i. imp.  p. p. began, begun; p. pr. 
   vb. n. beginning. as. beginnan akin to os. biginnan, d.
    g. beginnen, ohg. biginnan, goth., du-ginnan, sw. begynna,
   dan. begynde; pref. be- + an assumed ginnan. root31. see
   gin to begin.
   1. to have or commence an independent or first existence; to
      take rise; to commence.
      1913 webster

            vast chain of being which from god began. --pope.
      1913 webster

   2. 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. "tears began to flow." --dryden.
      1913 webster

            when i begin, i will also make an end. --1 sam. iii.
                                                  12.
      1913 webster
see also:
began begun beginning gin 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

begin \begin"\, v. t.
   1. to enter on; to commence.
      1913 webster

            ye nymphs of solyma  begin the song. --pope.
      1913 webster

   2. to trace or lay the foundation of; to make or place a
      beginning of.
      1913 webster

            the apostle begins our knowledge in the creatures,
            which leads us to the knowledge of god. --locke.
      1913 webster

   syn: to commence; originate; set about; start.
        1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

begin
     n : israeli statesman born in russia who as prime minister of
         israel negotiated a peace treaty with anwar sadat then
         the president of egypt 1913-1992 syn: menachem begin
     v 1: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "we
          began working at dawn"; "who will start?"; "get working
          as soon as the sun rises"; "the first tourists began to
          arrive in cambodia"; "he began early in the day"; "let's
          get down to work now" syn: get down, get, start
          out, start, set about, set out, commence ant:
           end
     2: have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative
        sense; "the dmz begins right over the hill"; "the second
        movement begins after the allegro"; "prices for these
        homes start at $250,000" syn: start ant: end
     3: set in motion, cause to start; "the u.s. started a war in
        the middle east"; "the iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a
        new chapter in your life" syn: lead off, start, commence
        ant: end
     4: begin to speak or say; "now listen, friends," he began
     5: be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or
        start, come first in a series; "the number 'one' begins
        the sequence"; "a terrible murder begins the novel"; "the
        convocation ceremoney officially begins the semester"
     6: have a beginning, of a temporal event; "wwii began in 1939
        when hitler marched into poland"; "the company's asia tour
        begins next month"
     7: have a beginning characterized in some specified way; "the
        novel begins with a murder"; "my property begins with the
        three maple trees"; "her day begins with a work-out"; "the
        semester begins with a convocation ceremony" syn: start
     8: begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or
        inherent function of the direct object; "begin a cigar";
        "she started the soup while it was still hot"; "we started
        physics in 10th grade" syn: start
     9: achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in
        the negative; "this economic measure doesn't even begin to
        deal with the problem of inflation"; "you cannot even
        begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during
        the war"
     10: begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; "she
         began russian at an early age"; "we started french in
         fourth grade"
see also:
menachem begin get down get start out start set about 
set out commence end lead off 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

51 moby thesaurus words for "begin":
   arise, attack, blast away, blast off, broach, commence, create,
   dig in, dive in, embark, enter, enter on, enter upon, establish,
   fall to, found, get off, get to, go ahead, go into, head into,
   inaugurate, initiate, institute, introduce, jump off, kick off,
   launch, lead off, open, originate, pitch in, plunge into, prepare,
   send off, set about, set in, set out, set sail, set to, set up,
   spring, start, start in, start off, start out, tackle, take off,
   take up, turn to, usher in

[6] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

@begin
     
         the scribe equivalent of \begin.
     
        jargon file
     
     
see also:
scribe \begin jargon file 

[7] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

\begin
     
         the latex command used with \end to delimit an
        environment within which the text is formatted in a certain
        way.  e.g. \begintable...\endtable.
     
        used humorously in writing to indicate a context or to remark
        on the surrounded text.  for example:
     
         \beginflame
         predicate logic is the only good programming
         language.  anyone who would use anything else
         is an idiot.  also, all computers should be
         tredecimal instead of binary.
         \endflame
     
        scribe users at cmu and elsewhere used to use @begin/@end
        in an identical way latex was built to resemble scribe.  on
        usenet, this construct would more frequently be rendered as
        "" and "" a la html, or "ifdef
        flame" and "endif flame" a la c preprocessor.
     
        1998-09-21
     
     
see also:
latex table flame scribe cmu usenet 
html c preprocessor 

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