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commence
English
Etymology
From Middle English commencen, comencen (also as contracted comsen, cumsen), from Anglo-Norman comencer, cumencer, comencier, from Vulgar Latin *cominiti?, *cominiti?re, formed from Latin com- + initi? (see initiate).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??m?ns/
- Rhymes: -?ns
Verb
commence (third-person singular simple present commences, present participle commencing, simple past and past participle commenced)
- (intransitive) To begin, start.
- 1601, William Shakespeare, The Phoenix and the Turtle,[1]
- Here the anthem doth commence:
- 1770, Oliver Goldsmith, “The Deserted Village” in The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, London: W. Griffin, 1775, p. 164,[2]
- His heaven commences ere the world be past!
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Chapter 4,[3]
- He commenced dressing at top by donning his beaver hat, a very tall one, by the by, and then—still minus his trowsers—he hunted up his boots.
- 1601, William Shakespeare, The Phoenix and the Turtle,[1]
- (transitive) To begin to be, or to act as.
- 1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, p. 126,[4]
- […] he furnish’d me with a Gun, Cartouch-box, and Powder-horn, &c. and thus accouter’d I commenc’d Soldier.
- 1825, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Aids to Reflection in the Formation of a Manly Character, London: Taylor & Hessey, Prudential Aphorisms, Aphorism 15, p. 48,[5]
- When we are wearied of the trouble of prosecuting crimes at the bar, we commence judges ourselves […]
- 1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, p. 126,[4]
- (Britain, intransitive, dated) To take a degree at a university.
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-History of Britain, London: John Williams, The Seventh Century, p. 75,[6]
- […] I question whether the Formality of Commencing was used in that Age: inclining rather to the negative, that such Distinction of Graduates was then unknown […]
- 1861, George John Gray, Athenae Cantabrigienses: 1586-1609 (page 272)
- […] was admitted a minor fellow of his college 4 Oct. 1591, a major fellow 11 March 1591-2, and commenced M.A. in 1592.
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-History of Britain, London: John Williams, The Seventh Century, p. 75,[6]
Antonyms
- cease
- stop
Related terms
- commencement
- initiate
Translations
French
Pronunciation
Verb
commence
- first-person singular present indicative of commencer
- third-person singular present indicative of commencer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of commencer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of commencer
- second-person singular imperative of commencer
Louisiana Creole French
Etymology
From French commencer (“to commence”), compare Haitian Creole kòmanse.
Verb
commence
- to begin, commence
References
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales
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befang
English
Alternative forms
- befong
Etymology
From Middle English befon (past participle befangen), from Old English bef?n (“to surround, clasp, include, envelop, encase, clothe, comprehend, seize, attack (at law), lay hold of, catch, ensnare, contain, receive, conceive, explain”), equivalent to be- +? fang. Cognate with Dutch bevangen (“to seize”), Middle High German bev?hen (“to comprehend”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [b??fæ?]
Verb
befang (third-person singular simple present befangs, present participle befanging, simple past and past participle befanged)
- (transitive, Britain dialectal, Yorkshire) To lay hold on; seize; grasp; catch; clutch.
- Come here an' I'll befang thee!
- (intransitive, obsolete) To take hold on; begin or commence upon.
- (transitive, obsolete) To encompass; enclose; contain; comprehend.
References
- Wright, Joseph (1898) The English Dialect Dictionary?[1], volume 1, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 225
- Philological Society (Great Britain), A new English dictionary on historical principles, Befong.
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