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Recommence

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Re`com`mence´    (r?`k?m`m?ns´)
v. i.1.To commence or begin again.
2.To begin anew to be; to act again as.
He seems desirous enough of recommencing courtier.
- Johnson.
v. t.1.To commence again or anew.
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Verb1.recommence - cause to start anew; "The enemy recommenced hostilities after a few days of quiet"
commence, lead off, start, begin - set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"
2.recommence - begin again; "we recommenced his reading after a short nap"
begin, commence, set out, start, start out, set about, get down, get - take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"


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I can reconcile it to no rules of prudence to let go the hold we now have, in so arduous an enterprise, upon seven out of the thirteen States, and after having passed over so considerable a part of the ground, to recommence the course.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
After this invocation the rocking and the singing would recommence, and the "Spotted Cow" proceed as before.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
It was noon when I awoke, and allured by the warmth of the sun, which shone brightly on the white ground, I determined to recommence my travels; and, depositing the remains of the peasant's breakfast in a wallet I found, I proceeded across the fields for several hours, until at sunset I arrived at a village.
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