ppl. a. Favorably or fully started. Chiefly in proverb (see quot. 1639).
1543. Udall, Erasm. Apoph., 38. For accordyng to our englishe prouerbe, a thyng well begoonne, is more then halfe dooen.
1639. J. Clarke, Parœm., 3. Well begun is halfe done.
1742. Young, Nt. Th., IX. 2066. And dost thou chuse what ends, ere well-begun?
