- past participle of begin.
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Begun when Gibbon was 33 in 1770, and published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788, Gibbon’s history combines astonishing erudition with endless entertainment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
Begun in 2022, work was due to end this summer but that completion date has now been delayed until spring 2026 as a result of "periods of extreme weather".
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2025
Begun on the premise that book clubs were too restrictive and too chardonnay-focused, they wanted to provide a space where there was no assigned reading and everyone was welcome.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2024
Begun in 2019, the work yielded Mutton’s complete nuclear genome.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 13, 2023
“Dan wouldn’t come and get his supper, neither. Wouldn’t come no closer than the barn. Begun howling right after dark. Versh heard him.”
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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