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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
commence .
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Examples
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There, where the state ceaseth — there only commenceth the man who is not superfluous: there commenceth the song of the necessary ones, the single and irreplaceable melody.
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And their minds are secretly influenced by a disbelief of his divine person, who suppose that the respect of the church unto Christ, in faith, love, trust, and instruction, commenceth from the date of his incarnation.
Christologia 1616-1683 1965
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To-day there commenceth a new and brighter era for our beloved land.
The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason William Le Queux 1895
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There, where the state ceaseth-there only commenceth the man who is not superfluous: there commenceth the song of the necessary ones, the single and irreplaceable melody.
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Therefore the nine (conformations) arise from and depend from the beard; and thus it commenceth from before the ears.
Hebrew Literature Epiphanius Wilson 1880
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It commenceth from the beginning of the skull, and it is extended throughout the whole body, through the breast, and through the arms, and through all the other parts.
Hebrew Literature Epiphanius Wilson 1880
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And all these are so, and thus it (the beard) commenceth.
Hebrew Literature Epiphanius Wilson 1880
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But this nose (of Microprosopus) is short, and when the smoke commenceth, it issueth rapidly forth, and judgment is consummated.
Hebrew Literature Epiphanius Wilson 1880
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There, where the state ceaseth -- there only commenceth the man who is not superfluous: there commenceth the song of the necessary ones, the single and irreplaceable melody.
Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 1872
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ANSWER: The Most Great Festival commenceth late in the afternoon of the thirteenth day of the second month of the year according to the Bayán.
The Kitáb-i-Aqdas 1817-1892 Bah��'u'll��h 1854
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