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Main Entry: re·sume
Pronunciation: ri-'züm
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): re·sumed; re·sum·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French resumer, from Latin resumere, from re- + sumere to take up, take -- more at CONSUME
transitive verb
1 : to assume or take again : REOCCUPY <resumed his seat by the fire -- Thomas Hardy>
2 : to return to or begin again after interruption <resumed her work>
3 : to take back to oneself
4 : to pick up again
5 : REITERATE, SUMMARIZE
intransitive verb : to begin again something interrupted