Commencing [verb]

In the spirit of the new year, fashion has commenced its first-of-the-season pieces.

If the target company doesn’t cooperate, Staples said it will commence a tender offer in March.

I had to empty my pack, sort my tangled equipment, review the art of the Prusik hitch, and commence the shitshow.

Spanish guitar music wafts through the air, top-draw cocktails land on freshly ironed linens and dinner commences with not one but two treats from the chef.

The region at the end of the maxillae, referred to as the laciniae, have tiny teeth on their edges and act as drill bits, tunneling through the skin and then acting as anchors to keep the stylets in place once feeding commences.

The trial that just commenced, of VW executive Rupert Stadler, is scheduled to last until 2022.

Trevithick's expansive engine therefore, commencing its work with steam of 46.8 lbs.

The Spanish troops, in proceeding to their posts, in commencing the siege, had several engagements with the Mexicans.

Before commencing a campaign a great general sits down to think it out.

They had probably reached no great height, but summer was only commencing, and it was evidently freezing.