RECOMMENCE
Re`com*mence" (r`km*mns"), v. i.
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 Re`com*mence", v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + commence: cf. F. recommencer.]
Defn: To commence again or anew.
RECOMMENCEMENT
Re`com*mence"ment (-mnt), n.
Defn: A commencement made anew.
RECOMMEND Rec`om*mend" (rk`m*mnd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recommended; p. pr. & vb. n. Recommending.] Etym: [Pref. re- + commend: cf. F. recommander.]
1. To commend to the favorable notice of another; to commit to another's care, confidence, or acceptance, with favoring representations; to put in a favorable light before any one; to bestow commendation on; as, he recommended resting the mind and exercising the body. Mæcenas recommended Virgil and Horace to Augustus, whose praises . . . have made him precious to posterity. Dryden.
2. To make acceptable; to attract favor to. A decent boldness ever meets with friends, Succeeds, and e'en a stranger recommends. Pope.