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re⋅sume
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[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. |
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. |
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| re·sume (rĭ-zōōm') v. re·sumed, re·sum·ing, re·sumes v. tr.
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.
[French, from past participle of résumer, to summarize, from Old French resumer, to resume; see resume.] |
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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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Language Translation for : resume
Spanish:
reanudar,
German:
wiederaufnehmen,
Japanese:
再開する
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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