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单词 recommence
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recommencev.

Brit. /ˌriːkəˈmɛns/, /ˌrɛkəˈmɛns/, U.S. /ˌrikəˈmɛns/
Forms: see re- prefix and commence v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: re- prefix, commence v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + commence v., after Anglo-Norman recomencer, Middle French recommencer (French recommencer) to begin again (c1100 in Old French). Compare Italian ricominciare (a1292).
1.
a. intransitive. To commence or begin again.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > revert [verb (intransitive)]
awendOE
recommence1481
relieve?1510
turn1594
remigrate1601
to cast back1622
recounter1630
regress1650
retrovert1782
to turn round1802
retrogress1860
to turn back1886
U-turn1973
the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] > again
renulec1384
recommence1481
return1568
continue1711
resume1815
to start over1852
to start over1852
to pick up1906
1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) clxiv. 242 Thenne recommenced and began agayn the playnte and the clamour.
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1140 Violence That never ends, but aie doth recommence.
1684 tr. A. O. Exquemelin Bucaniers Amer. ii. iii. 113 After two hours it [sc. rain] recommenced again anew rather harder than before.
1759 tr. A. Richer Life Belisarius 16 The Preparations for the War recommenced.
1795 J. J. C. Timaeus tr. F. Schiller Cabal & Love ii. iii. 34 I thought these execrable deeds were past; but this day I hear, that they have recommenced afresh.
1812 R. Southey Omniana II. ccxxxi. 238 Shortly afterwards that war recommenced.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xii. 87 The sound..ceased, but it soon recommenced.
1929 W. Deeping Roper's Row xxx. 334 Boards creaked. Sploshings and sandpaperings recommenced.
1955 Times 27 May 11/1 The defence of the Dutch and Indonesian accused in the cause célèbre which recommences today.
2004 Daily Tel. 19 Apr. 17/3 The show recommences with a stab at real flamenco.
b. intransitive. With complement. To begin again to be; to become once more. Cf. commence v. 3b. Obsolete.
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1781 S. Johnson Swift in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VIII. 66 He seemed desirous enough of recommencing courtier.
1791 J. Bentham Let. ?Nov. in Corr. (1981) IV. 338 I am recommenced wild beast.
1812 M. Edgeworth Absentee vi, in Tales Fashionable Life VI. 13 Trusting that they shall, in that time, make a fortune, retire, and commence, or recommence gentlemen.
2. transitive. To begin again; to cause to begin again; to renew.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > change back [verb (transitive)]
reversea1393
converta1425
undo1426
unmakec1450
recommencea1513
unweave1542
mismake1575
resubstantiate1584
unspin1587
remit1591
retrievea1596
remetamorphose1598
remorphize1603
reconvert1609
unlive1621
unravel1637
relapse1652
to bring about1680
uncoin1833
unpay1842
reset1846
revert1856
unweb1882
the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > again
renovela1325
renewa1387
resumec1400
renove?c1425
anewc1440
reassume1472
to take again1474
take1477
reprise1481
recommencea1513
renovate1535
to take up1587
rebegin1598
reopen1756
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xiv The Frenshe Kynge had recommencyd his warre.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. xiii. 48 [He] caused to be recommenced the works of Calcedon.
a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 188 Whensoever the said Duke shall recommence his former suit.
1686 tr. D. Bouhours Life St. Ignatius ii. 90 To continue or rather to recommence his Studies in the University of Paris.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II. at Reprise Reprise (with Horsemen) is a lesson repeated, or a manage recommenced.
1784 J. King Cook's Voy. Pacific III. vi. ii. 210 We..told him, that we purposed recommencing our voyage about the 5th of June.
1800 J. Barnes Let. 22 Dec. in T. Jefferson Papers (2005) XXXII. 339 The English recommence their unprovok'd Spoiliations on the American commerce.
1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues I. 176 The two brothers recommence their exhortation to virtue.
1917 E. R. Burroughs Princess of Mars viii. 79 The homeward march having been given up for that day; nor, in fact, was it recommenced for more than a week.
1952 G. H. Dury Map Interpr. vi. 51 At some points the rivers, recommencing the work of normal erosion or deglaciation, have flowed through the lowered cols.
1995 K. Ishiguro Unconsoled xxv. 361 I..decided I would forget the final movement..and simply recommence the third once more.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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