resumableadj.
/rᵻˈzjuːməbl/, U.S. /rəˈz(j)uməb(ə)l/, /riˈz(j)uməb(ə)l/ Capable of being resumed (in various senses).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > [adjective] > taken back > able to be
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1644 J. Maxwell Sacro-sancta Regum Majestas viii. 93 This same Soveraignty and Majesty is resumable.
a1676 M. Hale Hist. Common Law (1971) v. 53 This was but an indulgence, and therefore resumable by the victor, unless there intervened any capitulation to the contrary.
1739 Self-love & Vertue reconciled by Relig. ii. 7 His Gifts, without an absolute Promise, are but Loans, resumable at Pleasure.
1792 T. Paine Rights of Man ii. iv. 46 Government..is..a trust, in right of those by whom that trust is delegated, and by whom it is always resumeable.
1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages I. ii. 115 I am not convinced that beneficiary grants were ever considered as resumable at pleasure.
1883 Law Times Rep. 50 103/2 The land..should not be resumable..because it had been built upon, or was used as garden.
1931 Times 17 July 19/2 The history of every serious newspaper is more or less resumable in the history of the community of which it is the organ.
1956 Jrnl. Farm Econ. 38 446 Occupancy tenants' rights have been confirmed..except on areas resumable by landlords.
1986 Electronics (Nexis) 3 Feb. 35 Instructions are both interruptible and resumable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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