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commence
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com·mence       [kuh-mens] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object), -menced, -menc·ing.
to begin; start.
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME commencen < AF, MF comencer < VL *cominitiāre, equiv. to L com- com- + initiāre to begin; see initiate]

—Related forms
com·mence·a·ble, adjective
com·menc·er, noun

—Synonyms originate, inaugurate. See begin.
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com·mence       (kə-měns')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   com·menced, com·menc·ing, com·menc·es

v.   tr.
To begin; start.

v.   intr.
To enter upon or have a beginning; start. See Synonyms at begin.


[Middle English commencen, from Old French comencier, from Vulgar Latin *cominitiāre : Latin com-, intensive pref.; see com- + Late Latin initiāre, to begin (from Latin initium, beginning; see ei- in Indo-European roots).]

com·menc'er n.
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