The apostle begins our knowledge in the creatures, which leads us to the knowledge of God.
Locke.
Syn. -- To commence; originate; set about; start.
Be*gin", n. Beginning. [Poetic & Obs.] Spenser.
Be*gin"ner (&?;), n. One who begins or originates anything. Specifically: A young or inexperienced practitioner or student; a tyro.
A sermon of a new beginner.
Swift.
Be*gin"ning (&?;), n. 1. 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.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Gen. i. 1.