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Webster 1913 Edition
Commence
Com-mence′
(kŏm-mĕns′)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Commenced
(kŏm-mĕnst′)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Commencing
.] 1.
To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin.
Here the anthem doth
commence
. Shakespeare
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.
Com-mence′
,Verb.
T.
To enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of.
Many a wooer doth
commence
his suit. Shakespeare
☞ 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
Webster 1828 Edition
Commence
COMMENCE
, v.i.1.
To begin; to take rise or origin; to have first existence; as, a state of glory to commence after this life; this empire commenced at a late period.2.
To begin to be, as in a change of character.Let not learning too commence its foe.
3.
To take a degree or the first degree in a university or college.COMMENCE
, v.t.1.
To begin; to enter upon; to perform the first act; as, to commence operations.2.
To begin; to originate; to bring; as, to commence a suit, action or process in law.Definition 2025
commencé
commencé
See also: commence
French
Verb
commencé m (feminine singular commencée, masculine plural commencés, feminine plural commencées)
- past participle of commencer