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What is the verb for begin?

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begin
  1. (transitive) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
  2. (intransitive) To be in the first stage of some situation
  3. (intransitive) To come into existence.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “We can begin work on this project as soon as the contracts are signed.”
      “The crisis would begin when Constantine broke the golden rule and chose to alter the past.”
      “He was inspired to begin his own foundation after witnessing the charitable efforts of his peers.”
beginning
beginne
  1. Obsolete spelling of begin
began
  1. simple past tense of begin
  2. (obsolete) past participle of begin
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “My heart began to lift at that point, as I realized that not everyone shared the same hatred for my family.”
      “They prised the doors open when the lift began filling with water from the sprinkler system.”
      “Hot gas began flowing into the wheel well through vents around landing gear door hinges.”
begins
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of begin
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “One begins to wonder perversely whether the artist will soon utterly abase herself before our eyes.”
      “Then I come back, and the tails wag so hard that it begins with the middle of their dog bodies.”
      “The text begins with a review of the characteristic properties of local microstructures around whisker and monticule grains.”
beginneth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of begin
  2. Examples:
    1. “But commonly, graft at that time of the Winter, when sap beginneth to arise.”
      “The other that found the ring, thinking he meaneth truly, beginneth to profer him.”
      “The measure of that is, till the barm beginneth a little to fall.”
beginnest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of begin
beganst
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past form of begin
begannest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past form of begin
begunnest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past form of begin
begun
  1. (obsolete or nonstandard) simple past tense of begin [17th-20th c.]
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Liberty, a firm based in the United Kingdom, has begun printing on fine wale lightweight corduroy, noted Ed Harding, the firm's U.S. agent.”
      “Baboons barked an alarm and thereafter bulbuls, warblers, shrikes, robins and other feathered choirs begun to sing.”
      “At the same time Dan had begun receiving instructions in preparation to receive the Mormon version of the Aaronic priesthood.”
begane
  1. Obsolete spelling of began
  2. Examples:
    1. “They begane first at the abay gates, and when the first pagiante was played, it was wheeled to the highe crosse befor the mayor, and soe to every streete.”
beganne
  1. Obsolete spelling of began
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