Definition of commencement

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Commencement (n.) The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.

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Prosecution :: Prosecution (n.) The institution, or commencement, and continuance of a criminal suit; the process of exhibiting formal charges against an offender before a legal tribunal, and pursuing them to final judgment on behalf of the state or government, as by indictment or information..
Original :: Original (n.) Origin; commencement; source.
Inception :: Inception (n.) Beginning; commencement; initiation.
Childhood :: Childhood (n.) The commencement; the first period.
Ectolecithal :: Ectolecithal (a.) Having the food yolk, at the commencement of segmentation, in a peripheral position, and the cleavage process confined to the center of the egg; as, ectolecithal ova..
Valedictorian :: Valedictorian (n.) One who pronounces a valedictory address; especially, in American colleges, the student who pronounces the valedictory of the graduating class at the annual commencement, usually the student who ranks first in scholarship..
Opening :: Opening (n.) The act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement; first appearance; as, the opening of a speech..
Summer :: Summer (n.) A large stone or beam placed horizontally on columns, piers, posts, or the like, serving for various uses. Specifically: (a) The lintel of a door or window. (b) The commencement of a cross vault. (c) A central floor timber, as a girder, or a piece reaching from a wall to a girder. Called also summertree..
Entrance :: Entrance (n.) The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation; as, a difficult entrance into business..
Salutatory :: Salutatory (a.) Containing or expressing salutations; speaking a welcome; greeting; -- applied especially to the oration which introduces the exercises of the Commencements, or similar public exhibitions, in American colleges..
Abdomen :: Abdomen (n.) The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity..
Accession :: Accession (n.) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm..
New-year :: New-year (a.) Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, the commencement of the year; as, New-year gifts or odes..
Valedictory :: Valedictory (n.) A valedictory oration or address spoken at commencement in American colleges or seminaries by one of the graduating class, usually by the leading scholar..
Incipiency :: Incipiency (n.) Beginning; commencement; incipient state.
Commencement :: Commencement (n.) The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
Birthday :: Birthday (n.) The day in which any person is born; day of origin or commencement.
Leucophlegmacy :: Leucophlegmacy (n.) A dropsical habit of body, or the commencement of anasarca; paleness, with viscid juices and cold sweats..
Fac :: Fac (n.) A large ornamental letter used, esp. by the early printers, at the commencement of the chapters and other divisions of a book..
Principle :: Principle (n.) Beginning; commencement.
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