1) Arise 2) Begin 3) Inaugurate 4) Open 5) Recommence 6) Start 7) Start in 1) Begin 2) French word used in English 3) Get down 4) Get off the ground 5) Inaugurate 6) Kick off 7) Set about 8) Set in motion, cause to start 9) Set out 10) Start 11) Start out 12) To begin 13) To begin to be, or to act as 14) To begin, start 
• (v. t.) To enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of. • (v. i.) To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin. • (v. i.) To begin to be, or to act as. • (v. i.) To take a degree at a university.
Com·mence' intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Commenced ; present participle & verbal noun Commencing .] [ French commencer , Old French comencier , from Latin com- + initiare to begin. See ...Com·mence' transitive verb To enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of. « Many a wooer doth commence his suit. Shak. » » It is the practice of good writers to use the verbal noun (instead of the infinitive with to ) after commence ; as, he ...
To start or begin. Used when a turn or action is begun on one beat of music and completed during another beat.
to begin; start.
[SAT terms] set in motion, cause to start