n.
Pronunciation: ri- ' züm
Function: verb
Inflected Form: re · sumed ; re · sum · ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French resumer, from Latin resumere, from re- + sumere to take up, take ― more at CONSUME
Date: 15th century
transitive verb
1 : to assume or take again : REOCCUPY < resumed his seat by the fire ― Thomas Hardy>
2 : to return to or begin again after interruption < resumed her work>
3 : to take back to oneself
4 : to pick up again
5 : REITERATE , SUMMARIZE
intransitive verb : to begin again something interrupted