commence
verb (used with or without object)
commencer
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a word derived from
commence.
Example Sentences
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Neither was he singular in his apprehension of new troubles: a priest, whom I met at Paris, told me, "la révolution ne fait que commencer."
From Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith by Henry Digby Beste
Hortense regarded me boldly, and giggled at the same time, while she said, with an air of impudent freedom— "Dictez-nous quelquechose de facile pour commencer, monsieur."
From The Professor by Charlotte Brontë
Mais—pas en Angleterre!" he said—"Ze petite va commencer a Milan- -St. Petersburg—Vienna!
From God's Good Man by Marie Corelli
At bottom, I'm a commencer; I can't imagine what it is that saves me—and you.
From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various
We couldn't loiter, as the bell was tolling, the children already at the church, and some one rushed down to say that "M. le Curé attendait ces dames pour commencer son office."
From Chateau and Country Life in France by Mary Alsop King Waddington
