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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.
more about resumed
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