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A suffix signifying beginning, beginning to be; as, adolescent, effervescent, etc.

The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.

an oral antiviral drug (trade name Zovirax) used to treat genital herpes; does not cure the disease but relieves the symptoms

The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord.

To give a favorable turn to in commencing; to inaugurate; -- a sense derived from the Roman practice of taking the auspicium, or inspe…

malignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another cancer; symptoms include loss of appetite and…

The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.

The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning.

Any disease or symptoms of disease referable to disorders of the brain; as, lead encephalopathy, the cerebral symptoms attending chron…

The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation; as, a difficult entrance int…

The moon's age at the beginning of the calendar year, or the number of days by which the last new moon has preceded the beginning of t…

A sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a stroke of disease, as of epilepsy or apoplexy, which produces convulsions or unconsciousn…

The formation of frit or slag by heat with but incipient fusion.

Out of the neighborhood of; lessening or losing proximity to; leaving behind; by reason of; out of; by aid of; -- used whenever depart…

The twelfth month of the French republican calendar; -- commencing August 18, and ending September 16. See Vendemiaire.

Beginning; commencement; initiation.

Beginning; expressing or indicating beginning; as, an inceptive proposition; an inceptive verb, which expresses the beginning of actio…

Act of beginning; commencement; inception.