recommence

See also: recommencé

English

Etymology

From Middle French recommencer, from Old French recommencier.

Verb

recommence (third-person singular simple present recommences, present participle recommencing, simple past and past participle recommenced)

1. To begin again.
   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     The struggle with ways and means had recommenced, more difficult now a hundredfold than it had been before, because of their increasing needs.

   • 2020 July 29, Ian Prosser discusses with Paul Stephen, “Rail needs robust and strategic plans”, in Rail, page 40:

     [...] Prosser was instrumental in the decision in 2010 to recommence publication of an annual health and safety report, following a period when it had fallen into abeyance.

Synonyms

• rebegin
• reboot
• reinitiate
• restart

Translations

to begin again

• Bulgarian: започвам отново (započvam otnovo)
• Esperanto: rekomenci
• French: recommencer (fr)
• Galician: recomezar (gl)
• Italian: ricominciare (it)
• Latin: repetō
• Spanish: recomenzar (es)

French

Verb

recommence

1. inflection of recommencer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative