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resumptive

[ ri-zuhmp-tiv ]

adjective

  1. that summarizes:

    a resumptive statement.

  2. that tends to resume or repeat:

    a speech so resumptive that its point was lost.

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Other Words From

  • re·sumptive·ly adverb
  • unre·sumptive adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of resumptive1

First recorded in 1850–55; resumpt(ion) + -ive

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Example Sentences

The drama, by its very nature, is an art traditional in form and resumptive in its subject-matter.

When it was produced, it was not novel, but resumptive, in its thought; and therefore it succeeded.

Like many of Lucian's compositions, it has what may be termed a retrospective and resumptive value.

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