-m verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English resumen, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French resumer from Latin resumere to take up again, take back, resume, from re- + sumere to take up, take, from sub- under, up + emere to take — more at sub- , redeem
transitive verb
1. : to assume or take again : put on anew : reoccupy
don't resume the habit
resume her place in society
resumed our coats and hats
2. : to enter upon or begin again : take up after interruption
sat down and resumed her work
resume reading where you left off
3. : to take back to oneself
on default the grantor does not automatically resume title
4. : to take or pick up again : go back to using
5. : to make repetition of (as a sentence) ; also : reiterate , summarize , epitomize
intransitive verb
1. : to take possession again
2. : to recommence something (as a discourse, work, business) interrupted : go on again after an interruption