BEGIN'NING, ppr. First entering upon commencing giving rise or original taking rise or origin.

BEGIN'NING, n. The first cause origin.

I am the beginning and the ending. Revelation 1

1. That which is first the first state commencement entrance into being.

In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. Genesis 1

3. The rudiments, first ground or materials.

Mighty things from small beginnings grow