That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
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.
The initial portion of some extended thing.
That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.
The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation.
The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office.
The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.
The right to go in.
The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.
The action of entering, or going in.
The beginning of a musician's playing or singing; entry.
The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering.
The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.
To put into a trance.
To delight and fill with wonder.