Recommence
[,rikə'mɛns]
Definition
(verb.) begin again; 'we recommenced his reading after a short nap'.
(verb.) cause to start anew; 'The enemy recommenced hostilities after a few days of quiet'.
Edited by Leah--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To commence or begin again.
(v. i.) To begin anew to be; to act again as.
(v. t.) To commence again or anew.
Editor: Nita
Definition
v.t. to commence again.—n. Recommence′ment.
Edited by Bertram
Examples
- He was alive to every new scene; joyful when he saw the beauties of the setting sun, and more happy when he beheld it rise, and recommence a new day. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Day after day, week after week, passed away on my return to Geneva; and I could not collect the courage to recommence my work. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Perhaps, Mr. Wilson, you would have the great kindness to recommence your narrative. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Robert, being the youngest, and having less of the past to absorb him than his comrade, recommenced first. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The conversation ere long recommenced in a more general form, though still in a somewhat disputative tone. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There was Kingsbere church likewise, Fairway recommenced, as one opening a new vein of the same mine of interest. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- After dinner, we immediately adjourned to the schoolroom: lessons recommenced, and were continued till five o'clock. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- My resting-time was past; my difficulties--my stringent difficulties--recommenced. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Lucy, he recommenced, look well at my mother, and say, without fear or favour, in what light she now appears to you. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Again the instruments ended the tune; again they recommenced with as much fire and pathos as if it were the first strain. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Felix replied in a cheerful accent, and the old man was recommencing his music, when some one tapped at the door. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Notwithstanding, if this condition was denied, I should still accept the offer of recommencing the same life. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
Editor: Sasha