commence

1. v. i. To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin. Source: opted

2. v. i. To begin to be, or to act as. Source: opted

3. v. i. To take a degree at a university. Source: opted

4. v. t. To enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of. Source: opted

5. v. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action Source: wordnet

6. v. set in motion, cause to start Source: wordnet

7. v. get off the ground Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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

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 Source: ecdict

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