RECOMMENCE

recommence

(verb) begin again; “we recommenced his reading after a short nap”

recommence

(verb) cause to start anew; “The enemy recommenced hostilities after a few days of quiet”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

recommence (third-person singular simple present recommences, present participle recommencing, simple past and past participle recommenced)

To begin again.

Source: Wiktionary


Re`com*mence" (r`km*mns"), v. i.

1. To commence or begin again. Howell.

2. To begin anew to be; to act again as. [Archaic.] He seems desirous enough of recommencing courtier. Johnson.

Re`com*mence", v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + commence: cf. F. recommencer.]

Definition: To commence again or anew.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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