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Verb: recommence  `ree-ku'men(t)s
  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"

Derived forms: recommenced, recommencing, recommences

See also: recommencement

Type of: begin, commence, get, get down, lead off, set about, set out, start, start out

Nearest

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