Antonyms for re-commenced


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuh-mens
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈmɛns


Definition of re-commenced

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old French comencier "to begin, start" (10c., Modern French commencer), from Vulgar Latin *cominitiare, originally "to initiate as priest, consecrate," from Latin com- "together" (see com-) + initiare "to initiate," from initium (see initial (adj.)). Spelling with double -m- began in French and was established in English by 1500. Related: Commenced; commencing.
  • As in pick up : verb improve
  • As in renew : verb start over; refurbish
  • As in resume : verb begin again
  • As in take up : verb begin or start again
  • As in re-create : verb renew
  • As in recondition : verb renew
  • As in reopen : verb continue
  • As in restart : verb continue
  • As in continue : verb begin again; resume
Example sentences :
  • As soon as the lantern had been received and the candle relighted, Dick re-commenced.
  • Extract from : « Poor Jack » by Frederick Marryat
  • After counting to a king the counting is re-commenced at one.
  • Extract from : « Telling Fortunes by Cards » by Mohammed Ali
  • The chairmen resumed their stations, and the march was re-commenced.
  • Extract from : « Adventures in Criticism » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • After these remarks, they got up from their grassy resting-place, and re-commenced their walk to Llandovery.
  • Extract from : « The Comical Adventures of Twm Shon Catty » by T. J. Llewelyn Prichard
  • The next morning all the guests departed from the Palace and we re-commenced our everyday life.
  • Extract from : « Two Years in the Forbidden City » by The Princess Der Ling
  • I soon closed the slight aperture, and re-commenced my drilling process upon the next stave higher up.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Tar » by Mayne Reid
  • Ownest wife, what dost thou think I received, just before I re-commenced this scribble?
  • Extract from : « Love Letters of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Volume I (of 2) » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Meanwhile little Nelly ran back into the vault, and re-commenced her irrational investigations.
  • Extract from : « Tried for Her Life » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
  • She answered by a cry of agony, and ran back to the ruins, and re-commenced her pawing and whining.
  • Extract from : « Tried for Her Life » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
  • When they re-commenced their journey, they found the passage growing narrower, darker, and more tortuous than before.
  • Extract from : « Tried for Her Life » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

Synonyms for re-commenced

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