Reverse Dictionary: COMMENCE

ADJECTIVES
► INCEPTIVE commencing; beginning, incipient → 1662
► INCIPIENT commencing; beginning; in an initial stage → 1662

NOUNS
► FIRST END the very commencement, the beginning of a thing → 1875 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GO-OFF commencement, beginning; the act of making a start → 1830 colloq.
► HEFT-END commencement, the beginning → 1891 Sc.
► IMPRIMING commencement, beginning → 1633
► INCHOATION commencement, beginning; origination; initial or early stage → 1530 
► OFF-GANG a commencement, start, outset → 1881 Eng. dial.
► OFF-GO commencement, start, beginning, outset → 1886 Sc.
► OFF-GOING a commencement, start, outset → 1885 Sc.
► OFF-SET a commencement, start, outset → 1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► OFF-START a commencement, start, beginning, outset → 1889 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► ONCOME the commencement, approach, advent, or beginning, of a thing, esp. of one that requires great exertion; an onset; development, progress → 1823 Sc.

VERBS
► BECOMSE to commence, to begin → 1350 obs.
► BEFONG to commence, to begin upon → 1200 obs.
► BEGIN TO COMMENCE to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BREAK THE NECK OF to commence, to set events in motion → 1890 sl. (Bk.)
► BUST LOOSE to commence, to start happening → 1920 US sl.
► COMSE to commence, to begin → 1225 obs.
► CUT LOOSE to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DIG IN to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DIVE IN to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FALL ON THE BALL to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FALL TO to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FIRE AWAY to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GET GOING to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GIVE THE COMMENCE to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HEAD INTO to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HITCH UP to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HIT IT to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HIT THE BALL to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► IMPRIME to commence, to begin, to initiate, to enter upon → 1637 obs.
► JUMP OFF to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► KICK OFF to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MAKE A MOVE  to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► OFF-START to commence, to begin → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OPEN THE BALL to commence, to begin; to be the first to act; to start things going → 1812 sl.
► PITCH IN to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PITCH OUT to commence, to begin, to start suddenly → 1909 Amer. dial.
► PUSH OFF to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RING ► RING IN to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SHAKE to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SHOOT AHEAD to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SHOOT IT to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SQUARE OFF to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► START GOING to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► START THE BALL ROLLING to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► STEVE HART to commence, to begin, to start → Amer. rhyming sl. (Bk.)
► TACKLE to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TAKE AND DO to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TAKE BEGINNING to commence, to begin, to start → 1300 obs.
► TAKE OFF to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TAKE ON to commence, to begin → 1200 obs.
► TAKE UP to commence, to begin an action; to begin to utter or raise laughter, lamentation, etc. → 1400 obs.
► TUNE IN to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TURN ON THE STEAM to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TURN TO to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► UNBELT to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► UNVEIL  to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► WADE IN ► WADE INTO to commence an action → M19 sl.
► WHIRL IN ► WHIRL TO to commence, to begin → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)