restarting

verbcontinue

Word Origin & History

Old English *steortian, *stiertan, Kentish variants of styrtan "to leap up" (related to starian "to stare"), from Proto-Germanic *sturtjan- (cf. Old Frisian stirta "to fall, tumble," Middle Dutch sterten, Dutch storten "to rush, fall," Old High German sturzen, German stürzen "to hurl, throw, plunge"), of unknown origin.

From "move or spring suddenly," sense evolved by late 14c. to "awaken suddenly, flinch or recoil in alarm," and 1660s to "cause to begin acting or operating." Meaning "begin to move, leave, depart" is from 1821. The connection is probably from sporting senses ("to force an animal from its lair," late 14c.).

Related: Started; starting. To start something "cause trouble" is 1917, American English colloquial. Starting block first recorded 1937.

Example Sentences for restarting

On restarting, they splashed through a stream that flowed across the road.

I regained my state-room and waited, watch in hand, for the jerk of restarting.

Before they could capture the aviator, he succeeded in restarting his machine and in making his escape to the German lines.

This is a very tedious interruption, and the stopping and restarting of the ship very incommodious.

The second point concerns the resettlement of returned soldiers upon the land and their restarting in business.

Nor dare he stop again and subject the animals to the cruel effort of restarting.

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