The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Recommence \Re`com*mence"\ (r?`k?m*m?ns"), v. i.
   1. To commence or begin again. --Howell.
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   2. To begin anew to be; to act again as. [Archaic.]
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            He seems desirous enough of recommencing courtier.
                                                  --Johnson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Recommence \Re`com*mence"\, v. t. [Pref. re- + commence: cf. F.
   recommencer.]
   To commence again or anew.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

recommence
    v 1: cause to start anew; "The enemy recommenced hostilities
         after a few days of quiet"
    2: begin again; "we recommenced his reading after a short nap"