recommence

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recommence - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Recommence \Re`com*mence"\ (r?`k?m*m?ns"), v. i.
     1. To commence or begin again. --Howell.
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     2. To begin anew to be; to act again as. [Archaic.]
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              He seems desirous enough of recommencing courtier.
                                                    --Johnson.
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  Recommence \Re`com*mence"\, v. t. [Pref. re- + commence: cf. F.
     recommencer.]
     To commence again or anew.
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recommence - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  recommence
      v 1: cause to start anew; "The enemy recommenced hostilities
           after a few days of quiet"
      2: begin again; "we recommenced his reading after a short nap"