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resuming |
1 definition 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.
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