Commence Definition

kə-mĕns
commenced, commences, commencing
verb
commenced, commences, commencing
To begin; start; originate.
Webster's New World
To enter upon or have a beginning; start.
American Heritage

(intransitive) To begin, start.

Wiktionary

(UK, intransitive, dated) To take a degree at a university.

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Origin of Commence

  • Middle English commencen from Old French comencier from Vulgar Latin cominitiāre Latin com- intensive pref. com– Late Latin initiāre to begin (from Latin initium beginning ei- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from Old French commencer, from Vulgar Latin *cominitiō, *cominitiāre, formed on Latin com- + initiō.

    From Wiktionary

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