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recommence

verb (used with or without object), com·menced, com·menc·ing.

to begin; start.

verb

to begin or commence again

verb

to start or begin; come or cause to come into being, operation, etc

late 15c., from Old French recommencier “begin again, start afresh” (11c.), from re- “back, again” (see re-) + commencer (see commence). Related: Recommenced; recommencing.

c.1300, from Old French comencier “to begin, start” (10c., Modern French commencer), from Vulgar Latin *cominitiare, originally “to initiate as priest, consecrate,” from Latin com- “together” (see com-) + initiare “to initiate,” from initium (see initial (adj.)). Spelling with double -m- began in French and was established in English by 1500. Related: Commenced; commencing.