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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Begin \Be*gin"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Began, Begun; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Beginning.] [AS. beginnan (akin to OS. biginnan, D.
     & G. beginnen, OHG. biginnan, Goth., du-ginnan, Sw. begynna,
     Dan. begynde); pref. be- + an assumed ginnan. [root]31. See
     Gin to begin.]
     1. To have or commence an independent or first existence; to
        take rise; to commence.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Vast chain of being! which from God began. --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. 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. ``Tears began to flow.'' --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              When I begin, I will also make an end. --1 Sam. iii.
                                                    12.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Begun \Be*gun"\,
     p. p. of Begin.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Begin \Be*gin"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Began, Begun; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Beginning.] [AS. beginnan (akin to OS. biginnan, D.
     & G. beginnen, OHG. biginnan, Goth., du-ginnan, Sw. begynna,
     Dan. begynde); pref. be- + an assumed ginnan. [root]31. See
     Gin to begin.]
     1. To have or commence an independent or first existence; to
        take rise; to commence.
  
              Vast chain of being! which from God began. --Pope.
  
     2. 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. ``Tears began to flow.'' --Dryden.
  
              When I begin, I will also make an end. --1 Sam. iii.
                                                    12.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Begun \Be*gun"\,
     p. p. of Begin.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  begun
       See begin

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  begun
     Volapük n.
     begonia

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Begun
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  begun
     vb.
     1 (inflection of en begin  past part)
     2 (lb en obsolete or nonstandard) (en-simple past of: begin)  17th
  20th c.)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Begun
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  begun
     vb.
     1 (inflection of en begin  past part)
     2 (lb en obsolete or nonstandard) (en-simple past of: begin)  17th
  20th c.)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Begun
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  begun
     vb.
     1 (inflection of en begin  past part)
     2 (lb en obsolete or nonstandard) (en-simple past of: begin)  17th
  20th c.)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Begun
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  begun
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm b egun pperf=begin)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  begun
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en begin ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb begin)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Begun /bɪɡˈʌn/
  بدأ

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  begun /bɪɡˈʌn/ 
  začalo

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  begun /bɪɡˈʌn/ 
  začal

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  begin /bɪɡˈɪn/ (began /bɪɡˈan/ <>, begun /bɪɡˈʌn/ <>) 
  beginnen, anfangen, einsetzen
           Note: Ereignis, starten  [ugs.]
        "I/he/she would begin"  - es begönne (begänne), es fänge an
     Synonym: start
  
   see: beginning, starting, begun, started, start talking, In the afternoon it began to snow heavily.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  begun /bɪɡˈʌn/
  begonnen, angefangen, eingesetzt, gestartet
     Synonym: started
  
   see: begin, start, beginning, starting, start talking, In the afternoon it began to snow heavily.
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  begun /bɪɡˈʌn/
  počela, početi

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  begun /bɪɡˈʌn/
  1. (bak.) begin.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈbeɪɡən/, /bɪˈɡən/

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  vbl. 开始;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vbl. begin的过去分词

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