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v. t.
To commence, as a tone, on an unaccented part of a measure, and continue it into the following accented part, so that the accent is driven back upon the weak part and the rhythm drags.
n.
The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a thermometer, commences.
n.
A dropsical habit of body, or the commencement of anasarca; paleness, with viscid juices and cold sweats.
v. i.
To break forth; to commence suddenly; -- with into; as, to strike into reputation; to strike into a run.
n.
Beginning; commencement.
n.
The institution, or commencement, and continuance of a criminal suit; the process of exhibiting formal charges against an offender before a legal tribunal, and pursuing them to final judgment on behalf of the state or government, as by indictment or information.
n.
A valedictory oration or address spoken at commencement in American colleges or seminaries by one of the graduating class, usually by the leading scholar.
n.
The student who pronounces the salutatory oration at the annual Commencement or like exercises of a college, -- an honor commonly assigned to that member of the graduating class who ranks second in scholarship.
a.
Containing or expressing salutations; speaking a welcome; greeting; -- applied especially to the oration which introduces the exercises of the Commencements, or similar public exhibitions, in American colleges.
n.
The song of the Virgin Mary, Luke i. 46; -- so called because it commences with this word in the Vulgate.
a.
Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, the commencement of the year; as, New-year gifts or odes.
n.
A certificate of merit or proficiency; -- so called from the Latin words, Ita testamur, with which it commences.
v. i.
To begin; to commence; as, the stock opened at par; the battery opened upon the enemy.
n.
The fourth month of the French republican calendar [1792-1806]. It commenced December 21, and ended January 19. See VendEmiaire.
n.
A large stone or beam placed horizontally on columns, piers, posts, or the like, serving for various uses. Specifically: (a) The lintel of a door or window. (b) The commencement of a cross vault. (c) A central floor timber, as a girder, or a piece reaching from a wall to a girder. Called also summertree.
imp. & p. p.
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n.
An exception taken against a plaintiff in a cause, when he is unable legally to commence a suit.
v. i.
To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start business.
n.
One who pronounces a valedictory address; especially, in American colleges, the student who pronounces the valedictory of the graduating class at the annual commencement, usually the student who ranks first in scholarship.
n.
The act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement; first appearance; as, the opening of a speech.
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