Definition of Commences

1. Verb. (third-person singular of ''commence'') ¹

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Definition of Commences

1. commence [v] - See also: commence

Lexicographical Neighbors of Commences

commemoratively
commemoratives
commemorator
commemorators
commemoratory
commemorial
commence
commenced
commencement
commencement ceremony
commencement day
commencement exercise
commencements
commencer
commencers
commences (current term)
commencest
commenceth
commencing
commend
commendable
commendableness
commendably
commendam
commendams
commendataries
commendatary
commendation
commendations
commendator

Literary usage of Commences

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1848)
"At Worcester commences- the Worcester and Nashua Railroad, now in course of ... At Pittsfield .commences the Pittsfield and North Adams Railroad, which, ..."

2. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1848)
"At Sandusky city, on Lake Erie, commences the Mad River Railroad, which, ... At Worcester commences the Worcester and Nashua Railroad, now in course of ..."

3. Memoirs of Andrew Jackson, Major-general in the Army of the United States by Samuel Putnam Waldo (1819)
"Incidents of early life—of Andrew Jackson's—He commences and completes the study of law—Patriotism of American lawyers—He commences the practice of law, ..."

4. A Treatise on the Law of Mortgages of Real Property by Leonard Augustus Jones (1879)
"of fractional parts of a day, the continuance of the possession commences the day following that of the entry ; so that in the computation of the three ..."

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