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Thesaurus: commence

To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin.

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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. To enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of.Many a wooer doth commence his suit. Shak.
  9. 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