[re.sume] vb re.sumed ; re.sum.ing [ME, fr. MF or L; MF resumer, fr. L resumere, fr. re- + sumere to take up, take--more at consume] vt (15c) 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 ~ vi: to begin again something interrupted re.su.me n [F resume, fr. pp. of resumer to resume, summarize, fr. MF resumer] (1804) 1: summary
2: curriculum vitae