Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Past participle and sometimes preterit of
begin .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- p. p. of
begin .
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- verb Past participle of
begin
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Examples
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I do really think you had begun to like Lord Chelford -- only _begun_, the least little insidious bit; but thank you, wild Bessie Frankleyn, you have quite opened my eyes.
Wylder's Hand Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843
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"If it pleases you, then," said Mr. Denslow, "I will attend the first thing in the morning to having the investigation into the title begun, and I suppose that within the next three days the deal can be consummated and the property duly transferred to Mr.. Baker."
The House An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice Eugene Field 1872
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Vladimir Putin, is in the third year of his term begun May 2008.
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Vladimir Putin, is in the third year of his term begun May 2008.
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But I stress the word 'begun' because, while debt-to-income ratios are down. they're still well above the norms of the preceding three decades.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed BRIAN MILNER 2011
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But I stress the word 'begun' because, while debt-to-income ratios are down. they're still well above the norms of the preceding three decades.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed BRIAN MILNER 2011
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DeWine, 62, also a former state legislator and lieutenant governor, is looking to face off against incumbent Cordray, who took office this year to fill the final two years of a term begun by former Attorney General Marc Dann in 2007.
San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal 2009
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DeWine, 62, also a former state legislator and lieutenant governor, is looking to face off against incumbent Cordray, who took office this year to fill the final two years of a term begun by former Attorney General Marc Dann in 2007.
San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal 2009
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The negative attacks on Obama should have been begun from the get-go, so as to disallow Obama to get his message across and pigeonhole him so to speak.
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If climate change has already begun, is there any point in trying to halt it?
Brendan Smith: Coming Now to a Job Near You! Why Climate Change Matters for California Workers Brendan Smith 2010
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