Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Recommence \Re`com*mence"\ (r?`k?m*m?ns"), 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. [Pref. re- + commence: cf. F.
   recommencer.]
   To commence again or anew.

Source : WordNet®

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