1 synonym for Commences

occupies, fills, engages, assumes, adopts, seizes, undertakes, embraces, accepts, shoulders, tackles, appropriates, garners, captures, consumes, devotes, monopolizes, preoccupies, usurps, utilizes, wields, commands, harnesses, exploits, commandeers, requisitions, annexes, engrosses, immerses, absorbs, preempts, reserves, secures, clinches [x]