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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Commence \Com*mence"\ (k[o^]m*m[e^]ns"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Commenced (k[o^]m*m[e^]nst"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Commencing.] [F. commencer, OF. comencier, fr. L. com- +
initiare to begin. See Initiate.]
1. To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to
begin.
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Here the anthem doth commence. --Shak.
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His heaven commences ere the world be past.
--Goldsmith.
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2. To begin to be, or to act as. [Archaic]
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We commence judges ourselves. --Coleridge.
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3. To take a degree at a university. [Eng.]
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I question whether the formality of commencing was
used in that age. --Fuller.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Commence \Com*mence"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Commenced; p. pr. &
vb. n. Commencing.] [F. commencer, OF. comencier, fr. L.
com- + initiare to begin. See Initiate.]
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.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
commencing
vb.
(present participle of en commence nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
commencing
vb.
(present participle of en commence nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
commencing
vb.
(present participle of en commence nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
commencing
vb.
(present participle of en commence nocat=1)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
commencing
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm c ommenc ing e)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
commencing
Engelska a.
(avledning en commence ordform=prespart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb commence)
From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]commencing /kəmˈɛnsɪŋ/ aanvangsalaris, beginsalarisFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Commencing /kəmˈɛnsɪŋ/ الشرعFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
commencing /kəmˈɛnsɪŋ/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]zahajující
commencing /kəmˈɛnsɪŋ/
beginnend, anfangend
Synonym: starting
see: start sth., commence sth., started, commenced, starts, commences, started, commenced, Start now!, start (out) from the fact/idea that …
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]/kəˈmɛnsɪŋ/