Commences

com;mence pronunciation: function: verb inflected form(s): com;menced; com;menc;ingetymology: middle english comencen, from anglo-french comencer, from vulgar latin *cominitiare, from latin com- + late latin initiare to begin, from latin, to initiatedate: 14th centurytransitive verb : to enter upon : begin lt;commence proceedingsgt;intransitive verb 1 : to have or make a beginning : start lt;the meeting will commence soongt;2 chiefly british : to take a degree at a universitysynonyms see begin— com;menc;er noun