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COMMENCE

\kəmˈɛns], \kəmˈɛns], \k_ə_m_ˈɛ_n_s]\

Definitions of COMMENCE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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To begin to be, or to act as.
To take a degree at a university.
To enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To come into existence; begin.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To begin: to originate: to take rise.
To begin: to originate: to enter upon.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To begin; give origin to; initiate.
To make a beginning; originate; start; begin to be.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

To begin; to enter upon.
To begin; to originate; to begin to be, as in a change of character; to take an academic degree.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

To begin; to originate or enter upon; to begin to be; to perform the first act or part.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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