3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Resume  \Re*sume"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Resumed};p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Resuming}.]  [L.  resumere  resumptum  pref.  re-  re-  +  sumere 
  to  take:  cf  F.  r['e]sumer.  See  {Assume},  {Redeem}.] 
  1.  To  take  back 
 
  The  sun,  like  this  from  which  our  sight  we  have 
  Gazed  on  too  long,  resumes  the  light  he  gave 
  --Denham. 
 
  Perhaps  God  will  resume  the  blessing  he  has  bestowed 
  ere  he  attains  the  age  of  manhood.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  2.  To  enter  upon  or  take  up  again 
 
  Reason  resumed  her  place  and  Passion  fled. 
  --Dryden. 
 
  3.  To  begin  again  to  recommence,  as  something  which  has  been 
  interrupted;  as  to  resume  an  argument  or  discourse. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Resum'e  \Re`su"m['e]"\,  n.  [F.  See  {Resume}.] 
  A  summing  up  a  condensed  statement;  an  abridgment  or  brief 
  recapitulation. 
 
  The  exellent  little  r['e]sum['e]  thereof  in  Dr 
  Landsborough's  book.  --C.  Kingsley. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  resume 
  n  1:  short  descriptive  summary  (of  events)  [syn:  {sketch},  {survey}] 
  2:  a  summary  of  your  academic  and  work  history  [syn:  {curriculum 
  vitae}] 
  v  1:  take  up  or  begin  anew;  "We  resumed  the  negotiations"  [syn:  {restart}] 
  2:  return  to  a  previous  location  or  condition:  "The  painting 
  resumed  its  old  condition  when  we  restored  it"  [syn:  {take 
  up}] 
  3:  assume  anew;  "resume  a  title";  "resume  an  office";  "resume 
  one's  duties" 
  4:  give  a  summary  (of);  "he  summed  up  his  results"  [syn:  {sum 
  up},  {summarize}] 

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