rebegin

verb

re·​be·​gin (ˌ)rē-bi-ˈgin 

-bē-

rebegan (ˌ)rē-bi-ˈgan 

-bē-

; rebegun (ˌ)rē-bi-ˈgən 

-bē-

; rebeginning; rebegins

transitive + intransitive

: to begin again or anew

He rebegan his speech.

The fighting has rebegun.

rebeginning noun

plural rebeginnings

The story of that rebeginning is the subject of Ross Miller's "American Apocalypse: The Great Fire and the Myth of Chicago."

—Nicolaus Mills

Word History

First Known Use

1598, in the meaning defined above