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To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.

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To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.

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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy had the advantag…

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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

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To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.

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That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin.

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Created; composed; begotten.

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To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.

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To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.

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Jet, the mineral.

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To lead in; to introduce.

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To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.

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Flax; linen.

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A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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To appoint.

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Directed back; attended by reflection; retroactive; introspective.

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That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.

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A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agr…

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of Signal

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To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.

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The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning.

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To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.

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The act or process of constituting; the action of enacting, establishing, or appointing; enactment; establishment; formation.

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The act of creating or causing to exist. Specifically, the act of bringing the universe or this world into existence.

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To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns.

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A beginning or first attempt; hence, a first appearance before the public, as of an actor or public speaker.

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The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance; ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the entry of a person into a house or city;…

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The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.

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To withdraw from any suffering or undertaking, from pain or danger; to fail in doing or perserving; to show signs of yielding or of suffering; to shr…

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The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.

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The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.

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The act of inuagurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies.

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Alt. of Incipiency

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Beginning; commencement; incipient state.

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The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced; as, initiation into a society, into business, literature, etc.

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Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.

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The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.

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The act of installing or giving possession of an office, rank, or order, with the usual rites or ceremonies; as, the installation of an ordained mini…

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of Install

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The act of installing; installation.

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the act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes"

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Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal; repair; renovation; renaissance.

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The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.

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The act of introducing, or bringing to notice.

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of Launch

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Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being in the early part of the day; as, morning dew; morning light; morning service.

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A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.

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One who, or that which, opens.

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of Open

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The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body.

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The act or process of bringing or coming into existence; first production.

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A commencement made anew.

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The act of resuming; as, the resumption of a grant, of delegated powers, of an argument, of specie payments, etc.

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See Scrimmage.

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An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising.

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The plank, stone, or piece of timber, which lies under a door, especially of a dwelling house, church, temple, or the like; the doorsill; hence, entr…

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To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back.

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To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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Auspicious.

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Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.

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To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.

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A stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the process of combustion; a bright flame.

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To stop or hesitate as if suddenly frightened, or in doubt, or impeded by unforeseen difficulties; to take alarm; to exhibit hesitancy and indecision.

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A small protuberance on the stem or branches of a plant, containing the rudiments of future leaves, flowers, or stems; an undeveloped branch or flowe…

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To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin.

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A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also…

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To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns.

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To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.

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To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet…

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To cause to burst forth; to eject; as, to erupt lava.

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To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.

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To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

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Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are calle…

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To kindle or set on fire; as, to ignite paper or wood.

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Invested with office; inaugurated.

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To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon.

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To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.

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A kind of loose jacket for men.

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To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.

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That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

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Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over;…

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To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new.

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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to pl…

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To commence or begin again.

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of Run

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of Set

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Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird.

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To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.

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To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.

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To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin.

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To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin.

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

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

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One who enters; a beginner.

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One who enters; a beginner.

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To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.

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Gone.

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To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.

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The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.

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To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin.

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

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To part; to divide; to separate.

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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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Jet, the mineral.

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Gone.

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To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon.

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A kind of loose jacket for men.

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In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something

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To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new.

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A setting out, starting, or beginning.

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One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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A small, sharp, quick explosive sound or report; as, to go off with a pop.

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To thrust forward; to drive or force along.

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To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

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of Start

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To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.

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To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.

Begin is usually interchangeable with start in neutral contexts.

To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon.

Initiate means formally causing a process or action to begin.

To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin.

Commence is formal and common in legal or procedural writing.

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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