the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
2.
the act or fact of taking up or going on with again, as of something interrupted.
3.
the act of taking again or recovering something given up or lost.
Origin: 1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French < Late Latin resūmptiōn- (stem of resūmptiō), equivalent to Latin resūmpt(us) (past participle of resūmere to resume) + -iōn--ion
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.