v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Commenced 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 ]
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 ]
☞ 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 ]
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เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
