He seems desirous enough of recommencing courtier.
Johnson.
Re`com*mence", v. t. [Pref. re- + commence: cf. F. recommencer.] To
commence again or anew.
Re`com*mence"ment (-ment), n. A commencement made anew.
Rec`om*mend" (r?k`?m*m?nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recommended; p. pr. &
vb. n. Recommending.] [Pref. re- + commend: cf. F. recommander.] 1. To
commend to the favorable notice of another; to commit to another's
care, confidence, or acceptance, with favoring representations; to put
in a favorable light before any one; to bestow commendation on; as, he
recommended resting the mind and exercising the body.
Mæcenas recommended Virgil and Horace to Augustus, whose praises .
. . have made him precious to posterity.
Dryden.