Commencer.
(Irregular preterit, past participle: began, begun).
1. To have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; SYN. start.
2. To set in motion, cause to start; SYN. lead off, start, commence.
3. To take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; SYN. get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence.
4. To come first in a series;on.
5. To begin to speak or say; he began.
6. To achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative.
1. To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin.
2. To begin to be, or to act as.
3. To undertake or initiate an activity.
1. To appear for the first time in public.
2. To make one's debut.
3. To present for the first time to the public.