commence

commence is a   Verb

Definition:

[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.

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