recommence
- v cause to start anew
The enemy recommenced hostilities after a few days of quiet - v begin again
we recommenced his reading after a short nap
- Such an omission is particularly alarming when Jakarta security officials themselves knew that JI had at least one cache of explosives in the city and was eager to recommence its .
- But Japan has said it needs to recommence hunting one of conservationists' most beloved species to further marine research.
- The ruling effectively allowed executions by lethal injection to recommence after a seven-month unofficial moratorium.