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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 |
|---|
| Savio | | - | Italian |
| Augustine (2) | | o-goos-TEEN (French), ow-guws-TEE-nə (German) | French, German |
| HÁLfdan | | - | Ancient Scandinavian |
| Mahali | | - | Biblical |
| Mstislav | | mstee-SLAHF (Russian) | Czech, Russian, Medieval Slavic |
| TuĞBa | | - | Turkish |