'Recommence' definitions:
Definition of 'recommence'
(from WordNet)
verb
Cause to start anew; "The enemy recommenced hostilities after a few days of quiet"
verb
Begin again; "we recommenced his reading after a short nap"
Definition of 'Recommence'
From: GCIDE
- Recommence \Re`com*mence"\, v. t. [Pref. re- + commence: cf. F. recommencer.] To commence again or anew. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Recommence'
From: GCIDE
- Recommence \Re`com*mence"\ (r?`k?m*m?ns"), v. i.
- 1. To commence or begin again. --Howell. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To begin anew to be; to act again as. [Archaic.] [1913 Webster]
- He seems desirous enough of recommencing courtier. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]