recommencingn.
/ˌriːkəˈmɛnsɪŋ/, /ˌrɛkəˈmɛnsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌrikəˈmɛnsɪŋ/ The action or an instance of beginning again; recommencement.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > [noun] > recommencing or resuming
renovelancec1450
renovelment1477
renovelling1483
resumption1589
renewal1603
recommencing1705
reactivation1903
1705 J. C. tr. P. Jurieu Crit. Hist. Doctr. & Worships Church I. iv. xxxviii. 575 These being the Ceremonies observ'd at the recommencing of the Separation [Fr. quand on recommençoit le Nazareat].
1811 G. Campbell Four Gospels IV. xvii. 118 It is most properly applied to the sun and planets, and in regard to which the finishing and the recommencing of their course are coincident.
1874 Times 31 Oct. 3/6 (advt.) This Misses Cost have the honour to announce the re-commencing of their classes.
1928 A. E. P. B. Weigall Flights into Antiq. xxix. 263 General interest has recently been aroused by the recommencing of the excavation of the city of Herculaneum.
1979 Jrnl. Cell Biol. 82 521/2 The time between maximal spreading and the recommencing of translocation across the substrate by 30% of the cells..was determined from films.
2006 Times Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 22 Dec. 28 Even the politest request that a couple disengage from what appears to be near-fulsome sexual coalition is met with..a recommencing of amorous activities as soon as we turn our backs.
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recommencingadj.
/ˌriːkəˈmɛnsɪŋ/, /ˌrɛkəˈmɛnsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌrikəˈmɛnsɪŋ/ That is beginning again.
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1802 Crit. Rev. 35 506 A new family of passions are armed to destroy the recommencing happiness of unfortunate man.
1865 tr. L. Spohr Autobiogr. I. 246 We were however soon driven back into the inn by the recommencing rain.
1929 Times 15 Nov. 10/5 These noises..were finally obliterated in the recommencing roar of the traffic.
2005 A. Nothnagle tr. K. D. Erdmann Toward Global Community Historians xii. 191 The Comité Restreint, however, endeavored to include the Eastern countries as well in the recommencing international activities.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1705adj.1802- to throw one's soul into
- to throw one's toys out of the cot
- to throw one's toys out of the pram
- to throw one's weight about or around
- to throw one's wicket away
- to throw oneself at
- to throw oneself at the head of
- to throw oneself away
- to throw oneself into
- to throw oneself into the arms of
- to throw oneself on
- to throw oneself upon
- to throw open
- to throw open one's doors
- to throw out
- to throw out a tub to the whale
- to throw out of gear
- to throw out of state
- to throw out on etc ass
- to throw out on her ass
- to throw out on his ass
- to throw out one's eyes
- to throw over
- to throw over the bar
- to throw over the perch