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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Resume \Re*sume"\, verb (used with an object) [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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