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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.
–verb (used without object)
5. to go on or continue after interruption: The dancing is about to resume.
6. to begin again.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME resumen (< MF resumer) < L resūmere to take back, take again, equiv. to re- re- + sūmere to take (see consume )


re⋅sum⋅a⋅ble, adjective
re⋅sum⋅er, noun

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; < F, n. use of ptp. of résumer to resume, sum up
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re·sume   (rĭ-zōōm')   
v.   re·sumed, re·sum·ing, re·sumes

v.   tr.
  1. To begin or take up again after interruption: resumed our dinner.

  2. To assume, take, or occupy again: The dog resumed its post by the door.

  3. To take on or take back again: resumed my original name.

v.   intr.
To begin again or continue after interruption.

[Middle English resumen, from Old French resumer, from Latin resūmere : re-, re- + sūmere, to take; see em- in Indo-European roots.]
re·sum'a·ble adj., re·sum'er n.
re·su·mé or re·su·me or ré·su·mé   (rěz'ŏŏ-mā', rěz'ŏŏ-mā')   
n.  
  1. A brief account of one's professional or work experience and qualifications, often submitted with an employment application.

  2. A summary: a resumé of the facts of the case.


[French, from past participle of résumer, to summarize, from Old French resumer, to resume; see resume.]
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Word Origin & History

resume  (v.)
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.

resume  (n.)
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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