Read full poem →Thou knowest my manhood’s solemn and visionary meditations;
Thou knowest how, before I commenced, I devoted all to come to Thee;
Thou knowest I have in age ratified all those vows, and strictly kept them;
Dictionary Entry
commenced
Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/kəˈmɛnst/Word FrequencyCommon (4.77)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Used In Literature ↓To begin, start.
In a Sentence
“The article includes commenced to support a careful argument.”
Published Usage Examples
“'If he _has not fulfilled_ his promise to write,' but 'If he _did not write_ as he undertook to do' ([Greek: _egrapsen huposchomenos_]); nor 'If he _has commenced and finished_,' but 'If he _commenced and finished_' ([Greek: _arxamenos sunetelese_]).”
“Thus Aristotle avoided the idea that God was inactive and self-contemplative for an eternity, and then for some unknown reason, or by some unknown motive, commenced to act outwardly and produce; but he incurred the opposite hazard, of making the result of His action, matter and the Universe, be co-existent with Himself”
This entry also appears in ReadingWillow Year 12 word lists, so students can move between the dictionary and year-level study sets.
Origin
Late Middle English, from Old French commencer ‘to begin’, from Latin cominitiare.
Common Phrases
. commenced
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Poetry examples for “commenced”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
