Be-gĭn'ning, n.

n. 1. The first cause; origin; source. I am . . . the beginning and the ending. Rev. i. 8. 2. That which is first; the first state; commencement; entrance into being. In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. Gen. 1. 1. 3. The rudiments, first ground, or materials. Mighty things from small beginnings grow. Dryden.