Meaning

1. to start, to begin (to do something previously not done) [with infinitive ‘to do what’] (proscribed)
2. to begin (to do something as the first of a series of actions)
3. to start, to begin (to be the first element of something)
4. to begin, to start (to take on a particular profession)
5. to begin (to open and start using something previously unused)
6. to begin (to say something at first and continue speaking afterwards)
7. to start, to begin (of events, etc., to have a beginning; to be initiated)
8. to start, to begin (of places, etc., to have an edge; to be first seen somewhere)
9. to start, to begin (of periods, etc., to have the initial phase and continue to last)
10. to start, to begin (to be the first of a collection of events)