Beginning; commencement; incipient state.
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of Begin
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The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.
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Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign.
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In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something
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A setting out, starting, or beginning.
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To leap; to jump.
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Recently, or just, begun; beginning; partially but not fully in existence or operation; existing in its elements; incomplete.
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Recently, or just, begun; beginning; partially but not fully in existence or operation; existing in its elements; incomplete.
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Alt. of Incipiency
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