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- commence with
commence with
commence with someone or something
to start a procedure affecting a number of people or things by choosing a particular person or thing first. Each meeting commences with a reading of the minutes of the last meeting. The doctor interviews with Lynn and took everyone else in the order in which they had arrived.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Rodger | | ['rɔdʒə] | |
| Lewin | | - | English (Rare) |
| Jozua | | YO-zuy-ah | Dutch |
| Lenard | | LEN-ərd | English |
| Leoncio | | le-ON-thyo (Spanish), le-ON-syo (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish |
| Alpin | | - | Scottish |