What is another word for "begin"?

Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "begin": about, activity, adventure, anvil, apprentice, beginning, betake, break, broach, business, compact, contract, determination, devote, embark, emprise, engage, engagement, enterprise, execution, fall, fire, first, foot, for, forth, forward, hand, have, here, institute, into, launch, lay, many, matter, move, neck, oneself, originate.