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Definition of Began
1. begin [v] - See also: begin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Began
Literary usage of Began
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana (1897)
"My watch began at eleven o'clock at night, and I received orders to call the
captain if the wind came out from the westward. About midnight the wind.became ..."
2. The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (2001)
"This is the 'HE began TO PACE THE FLOOR. very prince, I know him well —and soon
will be thy king; it may advantage thee to bear this in mind and more dwell ..."
3. Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books by John Milton (1750)
"... Motion, each aft won audience ere the tongue, Sometimes in highth began, as
no delay 675 Of preface brooking through his zeal of right: So {landing, ..."
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