resume

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: re=sume
• COUNT in NET: 2 in 2 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses) (in NT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

resume, v. t. [L. resumere, resumptum; pref. re- re- + sumere to take: cf. F. résumer. See Assume, Redeem.].

•  To take back.  [1913 Webster]

  "The sun, like this, from which our sight we have,
  Gazed on too long, resumes the light he gave."  [1913 Webster]

  "Perhaps God will resume the blessing he has bestowed ere he attains the age of manhood."  [1913 Webster]
•  To enter upon, or take up again.  [1913 Webster]

  "Reason resumed her place, and Passion fled."  [1913 Webster]
•  To begin again; to recommence, as something which has been interrupted; as, to resume an argument or discourse.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

resume, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. & intr. begin again or continue after an interruption.
2 tr. & intr. begin to speak, work, or use again; recommence.
3 tr. get back; take back; recover; reoccupy (resume one's seat).
--n. = R{Eacute}SUM{Eacute}.

Derivative

resumable adj.

Etymology

ME f. OF resumer or L resumere resumpt- (as RE-, sumere take)

THESAURUS

resume

Clio, Muse of history, adventures, annals, autobiography, battologize, begin again, biographical sketch, biography, carry on, case history, chronicle, chronicles, chronology, come again, come up again, confessions, continue, copy, core, critique, curriculum vitae, diary, dwelling upon, echo, elaboration, epitome, essence, experiences, fill, fortunes, get back, gist, give an encore, go back, go back to, go on, go over, go through, going over, hagiography, hagiology, have another shot, have another try, historiography, history, iterate, iteration, journal, keep coming, keep up, legend, life, life and letters, life story, main point, martyrology, meat, memoir, memoirs, memorabilia, memorial, memorials, necrology, obituary, pad, photobiography, pick up, pith, practice, practicing, profile, ransom, reaffirm, reaffirmation, reappear, reassert, rebegin, recap, recapitulate, recapitulation, recapture, recital, recite, reclaim, recommence, record, recount, recountal, recounting, recoup, recover, recuperate, recur, redeem, reenter, regain, rehash, rehearsal, rehearse, reissue, reiterate, reiteration, renew, renovate, reoccupy, reoccur, reopen, repeat, replevin, replevy, repossess, reprint, resound, restate, restatement, restore, retail, retake, retell, retelling, retrieve, return, return to, reverberate, revert, review, revindicate, revive, reword, run over, run-through, rundown, say over, say over again, start all over, story, substance, sum, sum and substance, sum up, summarize, summary, summation, summing up, summing-up, take back, take up, take up again, tautologize, theory of history

ROGET THESAURUS

resume

Compendium

N compend, compendium, abstract, precis, epitome, multum in parvo, analysis, pandect, digest, sum and substance, brief, abridgment, summary, apercu, draft, minute, note, excerpt, synopsis, textbook, conspectus, outlines, syllabus, contents, heads, prospectus, album, scrap book, note book, memorandum book, commonplace book, extracts, excerpta, cuttings, fugitive pieces, fugitive writing, spicilegium, flowers, anthology, collectanea, analecta, compilation, recapitulation, resume, review, abbreviation, abbreviature, contraction, shortening, compression, compendious, synoptic, analectic, abrege, abridged, variorum, in short, in epitome, in substance, in few words, it lies in a nutshell.

Restoration

VB return to the original state, recover, rally, revive, come come to, come round, come to oneself, pull through, weather the storm, be oneself again, get well, get round, get the better of, get over, get about, rise from one's ashes, rise from the grave, survive, resume, reappear, come to, come to life again, live again, rise again, heal, skin over, cicatrize, right itself, restore, put back, place in statu quo, reinstate, replace, reseat, rehabilitate, reestablish, reestate, reinstall, reconstruct, rebuild, reorganize, reconstitute, reconvert, renew, renovate, regenerate, rejuvenate, redeem, reclaim, recover, retrieve, rescue, redress, recure, cure, heal, remedy, doctor, physic, medicate, break of, bring round, set on one's legs, resuscitate, revive, reanimate, revivify, recall to life, reproduce, warm up, reinvigorate, refresh, make whole, redintegrate, recoup, make good, make all square, rectify, correct, put right, put to rights, set right, set to rights, set straight, set up, put in order, refit, recruit, fill up, fill up the ranks, reinforce, repair, put in repair, remanufacture, put in thorough repair, put in complete repair, retouch, refashion, botch, vamp, tinker, cobble, do up, patch up, touch up, plaster up, vamp up, darn, finedraw, heelpiece, stop a gap, stanch, staunch, caulk, calk, careen, splice, bind up wounds.

Beginning

VB begin, start, commence, conceive, open, dawn, set in, take its rise, enter upon, enter, set out, embark in, incept, initiate, launch, inaugurate, inchoate, rise, arise, originate, usher in, lead off, lead the way, take the lead, take the initiative, head, stand at the head, stand first, stand for, lay the foundations, found, set up, set on foot, agoing, set abroach, set the ball in motion, apply the match to a train, broach, open up, open the door to, get underway, set about, get to work, set to work, set to, make a beginning, make a start, handsel, take the first step, lay the first stone, cut the first turf, break ground, break the ice, break cover, pass the Rubicon, cross the Rubicon, open fire, open the ball, ventilate, air, undertake, come into existence, come into the world, make one's debut, take birth, burst forth, break out, spring up, spring forth, crop up, pop up, appear, materialize, begin at the beginning, begin ab ovo, begin again, begin de novo, start afresh, make a fresh start, take it from the top, shuffle the cards, reshuffle the cards, resume, recommence.

Repetition

VB repeat, iterate, reiterate, reproduce, echo, reecho, drum, harp upon, battologize, hammer, redouble, recur, revert, return, reappear, recurse, renew, rehearse, do over again, say over again, ring the changes on, harp on the same string, din in the ear, drum in the ear, conjugate in all its moods tenses and inflexions, begin again, go over the same ground, go the same round, never hear the last of, resume, return to, recapitulate, reword.

Taking

VB take, catch, hook, nab, bag, sack, pocket, put into one's pocket, receive, accept, reap, crop, cull, pluck, gather, draw, appropriate, expropriate, impropriate, assume, possess oneself of, take possession of, commandeer, lay one's hands on, clap one's hands on, help oneself to, make free with, dip one's hands into, lay under contribution, intercept, scramble for, deprive of, take away, carry away, bear away, take off, carry off, bear off, adeem, abstract, hurry off with, run away with, abduct, steal, ravish, seize, pounce upon, spring upon, swoop to, swoop down upon, take by storm, take by assault, snatch, reave, snap up, nip up, whip up, catch up, kidnap, crimp, capture, lay violent hands on, get hold of, lay hold of, take hold of, catch hold of, lay fast hold of, take firm hold of, lay by the heels, take prisoner, fasten upon, grip, grapple, embrace, gripe, clasp, grab, clutch, collar, throttle, take by the throat, claw, clinch, clench, make sure of, catch at, jump at, make a grab at, snap at, snatch at, reach, make a long arm, stretch forth one's hand, take from, take away from, disseize, deduct, retrench, dispossess, ease one of, snatch from one's grasp, tear from, tear away from, wrench from, wrest from, wring from, extort, deprive of, bereave, disinherit, cut off with a shilling, oust, divest, levy, distrain, confiscate, sequester, sequestrate, accroach, usurp, despoil, strip, fleece, shear, displume, impoverish, eat out of house and home, drain, drain to the dregs, gut, dry, exhaust, swallow up, absorb, draw off, suck the blood of, suck like a leech, retake, resume, recover.

Change

VB change, alter, vary, wax and wane, modulate, diversify, qualify, tamper with, turn, shift, veer, tack, chop, shuffle, swerve, warp, deviate, turn aside, evert, intervert, pass to, take a turn, turn the corner, resume, work a change, modify, vamp, superinduce, transform, transfigure, transmute, transmogrify, transume, metamorphose, ring the changes, innovate, introduce new blood, shuffle the cards, give a turn to, give a color to, influence, turn the scale, shift the scene, turn over a new leaf, recast, reverse, disturb, convert into.