recommence

Definition of recommence

Verbs

cause to start anew
"The enemy recommenced hostilities after a few days of quiet"
Type of:
begin, commence, lead off, start
set in motion, cause to start
begin again
"we recommenced his reading after a short nap"
Type of:
begin, commence, get, get down, set about, set out, start, start out
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

Vocabulary Lists for recommence

Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island »(2273 words)
Vocabulary study guide for Robert Louis Stevenson's...
  • seamanly
  • squire
  • rum
  • stockade
  • clove hitch

Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" Chapters 1-10 »(412 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charlotte Bronte's "Jane...
  • habituate
  • neutralised
  • coherently
  • corrode
  • predispose

Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" Chapters 18-24 »(369 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charlotte Bronte's "Jane...
  • sequester
  • misconstrue
  • estrange
  • crumple
  • cynosure

Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" Chapters 1-20 »(344 words)
Vocabulary study list for Jane Austen's "Pride and...
  • importune
  • dawdle
  • elate
  • barefaced
  • consequential

Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist" Chapters 1-13 »(343 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charles Dickens' "Oliver...
  • cogitate
  • putrefy
  • palpitate
  • convulse
  • actuate

Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island" Chapters 1-20 »(156 words)
Vocabulary study list for Virginia Woolf's "Mrs....
  • undulate
  • modulate
  • buccaneering
  • cannonball
  • rigger

Words that contain recommence

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