Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Recommence

Recommence (r?`k?m*m?ns") , intransitive verb

1.
To commence or begin again. — Howell
2.
To begin anew to be; to act again as. [Archaic]
He seems desirous enough of recommencing courtier. — Johnson

Recommence , transitive verb

[Prefix re- + commence: compare French recommencer.]

To commence again or anew.