[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

commence \commence"\, v. t.
   to enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of.
   1913 webster

         many a wooer doth commence his suit.     --shak.
   1913 webster

   note: it is the practice of good writers to use the verbal
         noun instead of the infinitive with to after
         commence; as, he commenced studying, not he commenced
         to study.
         1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

commence \commence"\ ko^mme^ns", v. i. imp.  p. p.
   commenced ko^mme^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.
      1913 webster

            here the anthem doth commence.        --shak.
      1913 webster

            his heaven commences ere the world be past.
                                                  --goldsmith.
      1913 webster

   2. to begin to be, or to act as. archaic
      1913 webster

            we commence judges ourselves.         --coleridge.
      1913 webster

   3. to take a degree at a university. eng.
      1913 webster

            i question whether the formality of commencing was
            used in that age.                     --fuller.
      1913 webster
see also:
commenced commencing initiate 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

commence
     v 1: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "we
          began working at dawn"; "who will start?"; "get working
          as soon as the sun rises"; "the first tourists began to
          arrive in cambodia"; "he began early in the day"; "let's
          get down to work now" syn: get down, begin, get,
          start out, start, set about, set out ant: end
     2: set in motion, cause to start; "the u.s. started a war in
        the middle east"; "the iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a
        new chapter in your life" syn: begin, lead off, start
        ant: end
     3: get off the ground; "who started this company?"; "we
        embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "i start my day with
        a good breakfast"; "we began the new semester"; "the
        afternoon session begins at 4 pm"; "the blood shed started
        when the partisans launched a surprise attack" syn: start,
         start up, embark on
see also:
get down begin get start out start set about 
set out end lead off start up embark on 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

39 moby thesaurus words for "commence":
   arise, begin, blast away, blast off, come into being, dive in,
   embark, embark on, embark upon, enter, enter upon, establish,
   fall to, get to, go ahead, head into, inaugurate, initiate,
   jump off, kick off, launch, lead off, open, originate, pitch in,
   plunge into, send off, set about, set in, set out, set sail,
   set to, start, start in, start off, start out, take off, take up,
   turn to

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