Part 2145

<blockquote>An inscription <b>commemorative</b> of his victory. <i>Sir G. C. Lewis.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Commemorator</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*mem"o*ra`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who commemorates.</def>

<h1>Commemoratory</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*mem"o*ra*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Serving to commemorate; commomerative.</def>

<i>Bp. Hooper.</i>

<h1>Commence</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*mence"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Commenced</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Commencing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>commencer</ets>, OF. <ets>commencier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>com-</ets> + <ets>initiare</ets> to begin. See <er>Initiate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin.</def>

<blockquote>Here the anthem doth <b>commence</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>His heaven <b>commences</b> ere the world be past. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To begin to be, or to act as.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>We <b>commence</b> judges ourselves. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To take a degree at a university.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<blockquote>I question whether the formality of <b>commencing</b> was used in that age. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Commence</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*mence"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of.</def>

<blockquote>Many a wooer doth <b>commence</b> his suit. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; It is the practice of good writers to use the verbal noun (instead of the infinitive with <i>to</i>) after <i>commence</i>; as, he <i>commenced studying</i>, not he <i>commenced to study</i>.</note>

<h1>Commencement</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*mence"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>comencement</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginnig; start.</def>

<blockquote>The time of Henry VII . . . nearly coincides with the <b>commencement</b> of what is termed "modern history." <i><?/allam.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.</def>

<h1>Commend</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*mend"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Commended</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Commending</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>commendare</ets>; <ets>com-</ets> + <ets>mandare</ets> to intrust to one's charge, enjoin, command. Cf. <er>Command</er>, <er>Mandate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To commit, intrust, or give in charge for care or preservation.</def>

<blockquote>His eye <b>commends</b> the leading to his hand. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Father, into thy hands I <b>commend</b> my spirit. <i>Luke xxiii. 46.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To recommend as worthy of confidence or regard; to present as worthy of notice or favorable attention.</def>

<blockquote>Among the objects of knowlwdge, two especially <b>commend</b> themselves to our contemplation. <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></blockquote>