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resumptive

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re⋅sump⋅tive

  [ri-zuhmp-tiv]
Use resumptive in a Sentence
–adjective
1. that summarizes: a resumptive statement.
2. that tends to resume or repeat: a speech so resumptive that its point was lost.
Origin:
1850–55; resumpt(ion) + -ive

Related forms:
re⋅sump⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
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