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Definition of: resume
(ri·zm′) v. ·sumed, ·sum·ing v.t.
1. To begin again; take up again after cessation or interruption.
2. To take or occupy again: Resume your places.
3. To take for oneself again: to resume a title.
—v.i.
4. To continue after cessation or interruption. See synonyms under RECOVER. [<F résumer <L resumere take up again, take back <re- again + sumere take, seize]
—re·sum′a·ble adjective
—re·sum′er noun
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