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Definition of Commences
1. commence [v] - See also: commence
Lexicographical Neighbors of Commences
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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