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- commence with
commence with
commence with someone or something
to start a procedure affecting a number of people or things by choosing a particular person or thing first. Each meeting commences with a reading of the minutes of the last meeting. The doctor interviews with Lynn and took everyone else in the order in which they had arrived.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Ulrich | | UWL-rikh (German) | German, French, Ancient Germanic |
| Rabab | | - | Arabic |
| Rin | | ṙeen | Japanese |
| Reinier | | rie-NEER | Dutch |
| Nicanor | | - | Ancient Greek (Latinized) |
| Tam (2) | | - | Hebrew |