Part 1011

<h1>Beggestere</h1> <Xpage=132>

<hw>Beg"ge*stere</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Beg</ets> + <ets>-ster</ets>.]</ety> <def>A beggar.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Beghard Beguard</h1> <Xpage=132>

<hw><hw>Be*ghard"</hw> <hw>Be*guard"</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>b\'82gard</ets>, <ets>b\'82guard</ets>; cf. G. <ets>beghard</ets>, LL. <ets>Beghardus</ets>, <ets>Begihardus</ets>, <ets>Begardus</ets>. Prob. from the root of <ets>beguine</ets> + <ets>-ard</ets> or <ets>-hard</ets>. See <er>Beguine</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>One of an association of religious laymen living in imitation of the Beguines. They arose in the thirteenth century, were afterward subjected to much persecution, and were suppressed by Innocent X. in 1650. Called also <i>Beguins</i>.</def>

<h1>Begild</h1> <Xpage=132>

<hw>Be*gild"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Begilded</er> or <er>Begilt</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To gild.</def>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Begin</h1> <Xpage=132>

<hw>Be*gin"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Began</er> <tt>(#)</tt>, <er>Begun</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Beginning</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>beginnan</ets> (akin to OS. <ets>biginnan</ets>, D. & G. <ets>beginnen</ets>, OHG. <ets>biginnan</ets>, Goth., <ets>du-ginnan</ets>, Sw. <ets>begynna</ets>, Dan. <ets>begynde</ets>); pref. <ets>be-</ets> + an assumed <ets>ginnan</ets>. &root;31. See <er>Gin</er> to begin.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.</def>

<blockquote>Vast chain of being! which from God <b>began</b>. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To do the first act or the first part of an action; to enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or state of being, or course of action; to take the first step; to start.</def> "Tears <i>began</i> to flow."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<blockquote>When I <b>begin</b>, I will also make an end. <i> 1 Sam. iii. 12.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Begin</h1> <Xpage=132>

<hw>Be*gin"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To enter on; to commence.</def>

<blockquote>Ye nymphs of Solyma ! <b>begin</b> the song. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To trace or lay the foundation of; to make or place a beginning of.</def>

<blockquote>The apostle <b>begins</b> our knowledge in the creatures, which leads us to the knowledge of God. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To commence; originate; set about; start.</syn>

<h1>Begin</h1> <Xpage=132>

<hw>Be*gin"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Beginning.</def> <mark>[Poetic & Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Beginner</h1> <Xpage=132>

<hw>Be*gin"ner</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who begins or originates anything. Specifically: A young or inexperienced practitioner or student; a tyro.</def>

<blockquote>A sermon of a new <b>beginner</b>. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Beginning</h1> <Xpage=132>

<hw>Be*gin"ning</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.</def>