c 3 o 1 m 3 m 3 e 1 n 1 c 3 e 1
8 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
verb set in motion, cause to start
verb get off the ground
originFrom Middle English commencen, comencen (also as contracted comsen, cumsen), from Anglo-Norman comencer, from Vulgar Latin *cominitiāre, formed from Latin com- + initiō (whence English initiate).
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