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Webster 1913 Edition

Resume

‖

Réˊsu′mé′

,
Noun.
[F. See
Resume
.]
A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief recapitulation.
The exellent little
résumé
thereof in Dr. Landsborough’s book.
C. Kingsley.

Re-sume′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Resumed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Resuming
.]
[L.
resumere
,
resumptum
; pref.
re-
re- +
sumere
to take: cf. F.
résumer
. 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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Resume

RES'UME

,
Verb.
T.
s as z. [L. resumo; re and sumo, to take.]
1.
To take back what has been given.
The sun, like this from which our sight we have, gaz'd on too long, resumes the light he gave.
2.
To take back what has been taken away.
They resume what has been obtained fraudulently.
3.
To take again after absence; as, to resume a seat.
Reason resum'd her place, and passion fled.
4.
To take up again after interruption; to begin again; as, to resume an argument or discourse. [This is now its most frequent use.]

Definition 2024

résume

résume

See also: resume, résumé, and resumé

French

Verb

résume

  1. first-person singular present indicative of résumer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of résumer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of résumer
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of résumer
  5. second-person singular imperative of résumer

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