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past tense of begin
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1
to take the first step in (a process or course of action)
- she began walking to work for exercise
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2
to come into existence
- the storm began late in the day and lasted all night
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- actualized,
- appeared,
- arose,
- broke,
- commenced,
- dawned,
- engendered,
- formed,
- materialized,
- originated,
- set in,
- sprang
- (or sprung),
- started
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- concluded,
- desisted,
- discontinued,
- finished,
- halted,
- quit
- (also quitted),
- terminated
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3
to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of
- the religious sect was begun by a small breakaway faction
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