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re·sume

1   [ri-zoom] verb, -sumed, -sum·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to take up or go on with again after interruption; continue: to resume a journey.
2.
to take or occupy again: to resume one's seat.
3.
to take or assume use or practice of again: to resume her maiden name.
4.
to take back: to resume the title to a property.
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verb (used without object)
5.
to go on or continue after interruption: The dancing is about to resume.
6.
to begin again.

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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English resumen (< Middle French resumer) < Latin resūmere to take back, take again, equivalent to re- re- + sūmere to take (see consume)

Related forms
re·sum·a·ble, adjective
re·sum·er, noun
un·re·sumed, adjective
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re·su·me

2   [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey]
noun
résumé.

ré·su·mé

   [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey]
noun
1.
a summing up; summary.
2.
a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job.
Also, resume, re·su·mé.

Origin:
1795–1805; < French, noun use of past participle of résumer to resume, sum up
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resume (rɪˈzjuːm)
 
—vb
1.  to begin again or go on with (something adjourned or interrupted)
2.  (tr) to occupy again, take back, or recover: to resume one's seat; to resume possession
3.  (tr) to assume (a title, office, etc) again: to resume the presidency
4.  archaic to summarize; make a résumé of
 
[C15: from Latin resūmere to take up again, from re- + sūmere to take up]
 
re'sumable
 
—adj
 
re'sumer
 
—n

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Word Origin & History

resume
1404, from L. resumere "take again, assume again," from re- "again" + sumere "take up" (cf. assume). Resumption (1449) is from L. resumptionem, noun of action from resumere.
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resume
1804, "a summary," from Fr. résumé, noun use of pp. of M.Fr. resumer "to sum up," from L. resumere (see resume (v.)). Meaning "biographical summary of a person's career" is 1940s.
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