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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Inchoation :: Inchoation (n.) Act of beginning; commencement; inception.
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..
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..
Birthday :: Birthday (n.) The day in which any person is born; day of origin or commencement.
Original :: Original (n.) Origin; commencement; source.
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..
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..
Principle :: Principle (n.) Beginning; commencement.
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..
Incipiency :: Incipiency (n.) Beginning; commencement; incipient state.
Initial :: Initial (a.) Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease..
Opening :: Opening (n.) The act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement; first appearance; as, the opening of a speech..
Deal :: Deal (n.) Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack..
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..
Leucophlegmacy :: Leucophlegmacy (n.) A dropsical habit of body, or the commencement of anasarca; paleness, with viscid juices and cold sweats..
Accidental :: Accidental (n.) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note..
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..
Salutatorian :: Salutatorian (n.) The student who pronounces the salutatory oration at the annual Commencement or like exercises of a college, -- an honor commonly assigned to that member of the graduating class who ranks second in scholarship..
Commencement :: Commencement (n.) The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.
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