Thesaurus: commence

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1. v. i. To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin.
2. v. i. To begin to be, or to act as.
3. v. i. To take a degree at a university.
4. v. t. To enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of.
5. v. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
6. v. set in motion, cause to start
7. v. get off the ground
8. 1. To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin. Here the anthem doth commence. Shak. His heaven commences ere the world be past. Goldsmith. 2. To begin to be, or to act as. [Archaic] We commence judges ourselves. Coleridge. 3. To take a degree at a university. [Eng.] I question whether the formality of commencing was used in that age. Fuller. To enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of. Many a wooer doth commence his suit. Shak. Note: It is the practice of good writers to use the verbal noun (instead of the infinitive with to) after commence; as, he commenced studying, not he commenced to study.
9. To enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of.Many a wooer doth commence his suit. Shak.
10. v:100 v take the first step or steps in carrying out an action v set in motion, cause to start v get off the ground