- first or earliest part - January 1st - Kick-off - Start - of Begin - 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. - That which begins or originates something; the first
cause; origin; source.
- Of or pertaining to the morn; morning. - A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding
an adversary in tilting. - Without teeth, tongue, or claws; -- said of a lion
represented heraldically. - The first or early part of the day, variously understood as
the earliest hours of light, the time near sunrise; the time from
midnight to noon, from rising to noon, etc. - The first or early part; as, the morning of life. - The goddess Aurora.