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resumptive, a. and n.|rɪˈzʌm(p)tɪv|
[orig. ad. L. resumptīv-us restorative. In later use a new formation. Cf. Sp. resuntivo, Pg. resumptivo.]
†1. Med.
a. adj. Restorative. Obs. rare.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vii. lxix. (Bodl. MS.), Whan kinde is comforted he vseþ certeyn medicyns resumptiue and restauratiue. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Dispens. 122 Differences of unguents..from their effects as resumptive.
†b. n. A restorative medicine. Obs.
c1550Lloyd Treas. Health R v, If it be of ouer muche labor or of ouer muche emptines he must be nouryshed wyth resumptiues and confortatyues. 1736Bailey (folio), A Resumptive, (in Pharmacy) an unguent for recruiting and restoring languishing constitutions: Resumptives, (in Physick) medicines serving to restore decay'd nature.
2. That repeats, or summarizes.
1854Fraser's Mag. XLIX. 372 Whether he ought to be slower, more explanatory, more systematic, more resumptive. 1884Cheyne Isaiah I. 246 The statement is resumptive.
3. Gram.
a. In Jespersen's terminology: (see quot. 1917).
b. Indicating resumption of a topic, etc.; having previous reference. So as n. (see quot. 1954).
1917O. Jespersen in Historisk-Filologiske Meddelelser I. v. 69 A second class comprises what may be termed resumptive negation, the characteristic of which is that after a negative sentence has been completed, something is added in a negative form with the obvious result that the negative effect is heightened. 1954D. Bolinger in Boletín de Filologia Universidad de Chile VIII. 48 Sometimes, for special effects, a presupposed element, even a lengthy one, is repeated though specifically known from the immediate context... We may call such a verbatim or near-verbatim presupposed element a ‘resumptive’. Ibid. 49 An element which is explicitly resumptive comes after prosodic stress. 1957Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xxviii. 145 A post-accentual resumptive is only a repetition, while a pre-accentual resumptive may be more. 1959J. C. Catford in Quirk & Smith Teaching of English (1964) vii. 149, I know of no practical English grammar for foreign learners which describes the use of oh, ah or the introductory or resumptive well. 1970M. Dahood Anchor Bible: Psalms III 337 M[assoretic] T[ext] 'asapp⊇rennāh can be explained as employing the resumptive pronominal suffix. 1975Language LI. 59, I regard Spanish resumptive intonation and beginning position as variant formal means of expressing syntagmatic complexity.
Hence reˈsumptively adv.
1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. II. 170 We also resumptively add. 1903Westm. Gaz. 5 Feb. 1/3 ‘You see my point?’ he remarks resumptively. |