commence
Meaning
Verb
- To begin, start.
- To begin to be, or to act as.
- To take a degree at a university.
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Origin
- From Middle English commencen, comencen (also as contracted comsen, cumsen), from Anglo-Norman comencer, cumencer, comencier, from Vulgar Latin *cominitiō, formed from Latin com- + initiō (see initiate).
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