resumev.1
/rᵻˈzjuːm/, U.S. /rəˈz(j)um/, /riˈz(j)um/ 1.
a.
(a) transitive. To begin again or continue (a practice, occupation, course, etc.) after interruption. Also with †to.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > again
renovela1325
renewa1387
resumec1400
renove?c1425
anewc1440
reassume1472
to take again1474
take1477
reprise1481
recommencea1513
renovate1535
to take up1587
rebegin1598
reopen1756
c1400 Omnis Plantacio (Egerton) l. 1581 in Wks. Lollard Preacher (2001) 69 It were a foul abhominacioun þat such peple resume, loue and ocupie þat þing [sc. seculer possessioun or lordship] þat he haþ so vttirli renouncid and forsakun as þing moost worldli.
c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 252 (MED) Þai tuke þaim to cowncell all þai wald resume hospitalite, & giff almos agayn as þai war wunte.
a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 122 (MED) Here-inne it nedith not to considre or to purvey, but only ffor the kynges house, wich he may resume or chaunge in to his new maner.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. vii. sig. Ii8v A grieuous punishment..that I my traueill should resume, And with like labour walke the world arownd.
1617 tr. H. Ronsovius De Valetudine Conseruanda 46 in J. Harington tr. Englishmans Doctor (new ed.) In the morning when you rise againe, resume to your selues your former dayes thoughts and cares.
1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 208 Nothing is easily resumed after a great discontinuance.
1690 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) V. 39 Lord Godolphin (now resuming the Commission of the Treasury againe to all his friends wonder).
1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. xlviii My Muse! resume the task that yet doth thee abide.
1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 535 With looks of some complacence he resum'd His road.
1819 W. Irving Rip Van Winkle in Sketch Bk. i. 91 Rip now resumed his old walks and habits.
1883 Manch. Guardian 17 Oct. 5/5 That Parliament should resume its labours upon the Criminal Code.
1939 J. B. Morton Bonfire of Weeds ii. 54 The other day he returned, determined to resume his old life of careless gaiety.
1989 I. Murdoch Message to Planet iii. 133 Patrick's weak body slowly resumed its normal functions.
2007 D. S. Wilson Evol. for Everyone xv. 109 The..researchers resumed their role as surrogate parents.
(b) intransitive. Of a person: to recommence an interrupted practice or occupation; (of an action, process, etc.) to begin again after interruption.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] > again
renulec1384
recommence1481
return1568
continue1711
resume1815
to start over1852
to start over1852
to pick up1906
1815 Zeluca II. 238 She picked..up [the letters], and resumed at the only words of her own she had seen.
1866 A. Crump Pract. Treat. Banking ix. 200 If a bank of issue should discontinue issuing,..it should not be lawful to resume.
1922 W. Gerhardie Futility iii. vii. 179 Firing subsided and then resumed and grew in intensity.
1943 G. Bruun Clemenceau xv. 205 Once he pauses he may not find the energy to resume.
1989 S. Bedford Jigsaw iv. 105 I settled down. Things resumed much as they had been in the autumn.
2005 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 14 Dec. a16/2 When the trial resumes today, the court will hear further evidence pertaining to Ms. Bottineau's mental abilities.
b.
(a) transitive. To continue (a discourse, discussion, remark, etc.) after an interruption. Also with direct speech as object: to go on to say.
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the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > say in resumption
resume1600
renew1687
the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > again > of a discourse, narrative, etc.
continuec1425
resume1600
reassume1608
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > begin with [verb (transitive)] > resume
continuec1425
renew1590
resume1600
reopen1805
1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ii. 70 Hauing made sufficient digression, let us resume the matter subject where we left.
1674 J. Milton Paradise Lost (ed. 2) xii. 314 Heer the Archangel paus'd..Then with transition sweet new Speech resumes.
1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. i. iii. 14 Finding that no body made answer he resumed the thread of his discourse.
1765 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto i. 16 Yes, I sent for you on a matter of great moment, resumed he.
1789 J. Moore Zeluco I. xxii. 132 ‘Nay, my good friend,’ resumed the Physician, ‘it is a matter of indifference to me, what you do or do not believe.’
1845 M. Pattison in Christian Remembrancer Jan. 83 As if merely resuming the broken thread of the previous day's argument.
1850 F. E. Smedley Frank Fairlegh xliii. 376 ‘I have fancied that illness was beginning to sour your temper,’ I replied. ‘Illness of mind, not body,’ he resumed.
1894 H. Caine Manxman 67 Ross had resumed his conversation with Kate.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 591 Mind you, I'm not saying that it's all a pure invention, he resumed.
1991 A. Chaudhuri Strange & Sublime Addr. (1992) 151 He resumed the argument where we had left off.
(b) intransitive. To begin to speak again; to continue an interrupted discussion, statement, remark, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > to begin to speak again or resume speaking
take1477
to tell on1535
respeak1621
continue1711
reassume1719
resume1801
1801 M. Edgeworth Prussian Vase in Moral Tales III. 41 When he could again be heard..he resumed, as follows.
1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxvii. 280 Mr. Weller smoked for some minutes in silence, and then resumed.
1897 H. G. Wells Invisible Man xxiv Kemp tried to think of something to keep the talk going, but the Invisible Man resumed of his own accord.
1948 B. Segale At End of Santa Fe Trail xxxviii. 55 She seemed to be regaining her equilibrium and she resumed.
1991 Raritan Summer 18 I waited for her to resume, hoping that she might expatiate on what she meant.
2. † c. transitive. Chiefly Law. To revoke or withdraw (a right, law, etc.). Obsolete.
a.
(a) transitive. To reassume possession of (something which previously belonged to one but which was given or granted to another). Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > take [verb (transitive)] > take again or back > take back
resume1404
to take again1474
revoke1526
reclaim1530
to fetch again1535
to take back1568
reducec1595
reassume1609
revicta1656
reassert1704
pull1985
1404 Rolls of Parl.: Henry IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1404 §20. m. 9 Al that longed un to the coroune the fourty yere of Kyng Edward, and sithe hathe be departed, shulde be resumed, to that entent that the kyng myght better leve of his owne.
1449–50 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1449 §53. m. 9 That ye..wold take, resume, seise and reteine in youre handes and possession, all honoures, castelles, lordshippes, townes, [etc.].
1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 18 It shall be laufull to our said soueraigne lord..to seise or resume any of the saide franchises.
1641 W. Prynne Antipathie 18 The custody of Rochester Castle and other Forts, which the King for securing his State, had resumed into his owne hands.
a1672 Bp. J. Wilkins Of Princ. Nat. Relig. (1675) 246 They..will not murmur against Him, when He is pleased to resume any thing from them.
1726 J. Swift Cadenus & Vanessa 14 Gods, of whatsoe'er Degree, Resume not what themselves have giv'n.
1754 Bp. T. Sherlock Disc. (1759) I. ii. 76 Why should God resume this Authority out of the Hands of His Son?
1821 W. Scott Pirate Advt. p. v Touching the hand of the corpse, she formally resumed the troth-plight which she had bestowed.
1875 H. J. S. Maine Lect. Early Hist. Inst. i. 7 It is expressly stated that in the case of an association of villeins the lord did not resume their land.
1911 J. W. Mackail Lect. on Poetry 60 What Virgil may have lent he had the right to resume, as what he borrowed he had the right to keep.
1973 Stornoway Gaz. 2 June 1/3 ‘They would’, add the Commission, ‘ensure that crofters benefit from the changing use when croft land is resumed by a landlord for development.’
(b) intransitive. To reassume possession of something. Now rare.
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the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession [verb (intransitive)] > resume possession
resume?1565
?1565 in J. Pettus Fodinæ Regales (1670) 59 The Queen to have power to resume, paying to Humfrey and Shutz..such recompence as shall be adjudged by 6 Citizens.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. i. 15 That opportunity Which then they had to take from's, to resume We haue againe. View more context for this quotation
1706 I. Watts Horæ Lyricæ i. 77 'Tis Sovereign Love that lends our Joys, And Love resumes again.
1888 Digest Indian Law Cases 5103 The Bengal Government in its Sovereign character had not an absolute right to resume.
1906 Commonw. Austral. Parl. Deb. XXXII. 1747/1 To make this a Bill..providing machinery for the resumption of land for public purposes, but not giving the power to resume.
1960 Austral. Law Jrnl. Rep. 34 166/1 The power to resume or appropriate is one thing... When we come to the Main Roads Act, we see that the power to resume or appropriate is given by the opening words of s. 49.
b. To reassume, reappropriate, or take back (something lost, given up, or discarded).† (a) transitive. With courage, hope, a feeling, etc., as object. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > [verb (transitive)] > feel an emotion > again
resumec1425
reassumea1513
refeel1757
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. 3508 (MED) Grekis..her hertis resumynge, Be-gan hem silf for to recounforte.
?1596 J. Dickenson Shepheardes Complaint sig. B4 The Shepheard comforted with this vnexpected courtesie, did resume his lost courage.
1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iii. sig. E2 Come soule, resume the valour of thy birth.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 278 If once they hear that voyce,..they will soon resume New courage and revive. View more context for this quotation
1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 58 Thus they out of their plaints new hope resume . View more context for this quotation
1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Jewish War ii. xix, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 800 When the robbers perceived this unexpected retreat..they resumed their courage.
1764 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto iv. 135 For mercy's sweetest self,..resume your soul, command your reason.
1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. lxxii. 101 Who that gallant spirit shall resume, Leap from Eurotas' banks, and call thee from the tomb?
1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xiii. 180 Bell rapidly resumed her ordinary good spirits.
1921 M. M. Chitwood Saved for Purpose xix. 215 Once more I resumed courage.
(b) transitive. With strength, power, control, influence, etc., as object.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restore [verb (transitive)] > resume (form or appearance) > resume (power, strength, etc.)
recovera1387
resumec1425
renew1481
the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] > take upon oneself > again
resumec1425
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. 2007 I rede..To sette vppon, & knyȝtly to reswme Ȝoure force ageyn, fully to conswme Ȝoure cruel foon.
c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 59 (MED) And a litill, her myghtys that she hadde lost she resumyd, and forthermore, anoone aftir, ful helth optenyd.
a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 56 (MED) Pastures ben arraied and resumen a newe strength.
a1525 Contempl. Synnaris l. 1513, in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 240 Resume þi strenth now as a knycht spirituale.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxvii. 228 They which haue once receiued this power may not thinke..to take it reiect and resume it as oft as themselues list.
1654 tr. M. Martini Bellum Tartaricum 113 Only to amuse them with a Peace, whilst they could resume their strength and force.
1660 Scutum Regale: Royal Buckler 70 The people..resuming the Collated power into their own hands again, may transfer it to any other whom they please.
1747 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1851) V. 84 They resume the same Power with their President as if the Governor was here.
1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. vii. 264 Could I see your natural good sense resume its influence over passion.
1821 P. B. Shelley Remembrance 10 The owlet night resumes her reign.
1883 Manch. Guard. 3 Nov. 7/6 Religious animosity..has resumed its hold on both sides.
1932 J. L. La Monte Feudal Monarchy in Lat. Kingdom Jerusalem i. ii. 29 Baldwin resumed the control of affairs after the collapse of the Egyptian scheme.
1988 B. Aldiss Forgotten Life xiii. 257 The sun beyond the curtains had resumed its unexpected reign over Rawlinson Road.
2009 Sunday Mirror (Nexis) 7 June 58 Former Newcastle chairman Freddy Shepherd will launch a £75 million takeover bid this week to resume control at the stricken Tyneside club.
(c) transitive. With a position or seat as object.
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the mind > possession > taking > take [verb (transitive)] > take again or back > take again > a place
resumec1572
reassume1624
c1572 W. Forrest Theophilus in Anglia (1884) 7 92 Theophilus resumd agayne His prystinate place with harte gladd and fayne.
1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island ii. iv. 17 A new-born Phœnix flies, & widow'd place resumes.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 456 He shall ascend..Then enter into glory, and resume His Seat at Gods right hand. View more context for this quotation
1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite ii, in Fables 37 Reason resum'd her Place, and Passion fled.
1761 C. Lennox Lady's Museum No. 11. 816 Mrs Darnley unwillingly resumed her seat.
1813 W. Scott Rokeby v. 210 Bolt and bar Resumed their place with sullen jar.
1868 L. Agassiz & E. C. Agassiz Journey to Brazil ii. 63 I resumed my seat, trying to look as if it were my habit to mount horses on the tops of high mountains and slide down to the bottom.
1921 J. Galsworthy To Let 10 And, as Soames retired, he resumed his seat in the bay window.
1977 P. Scott Staying On (1978) viii. 133 As if resuming a position only momentarily abandoned.
2007 Guardian (Nexis) 21 July 11 India might have thought things were not going their way after all when Pietersen resumed his place at the crease after initially being given out.
(d) transitive. With a form, appearance, or condition as object.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restore [verb (transitive)] > resume (form or appearance)
resume1597
1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 18 Mee thinks affliction should not fright mee so, Nor should resume these sundry shapes of wo.
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear iv. 303 Ile resume the shape, which thou dost thinke I haue cast off for euer. View more context for this quotation
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xix. 794 This [powder] being deprived of its Congelative Salts, resumes the former species of Quick-silver.
a1715 M. Monck tr. G. della Casa in Marinda (1716) 101 Unable its [sc. my soul's] lost Beauty to resume 'Till form'd again, and a new Creature made, By the same Power, that its first Being gave.
1742 W. Collins Persian Eclogues i. 6 The radiant Morn resum'd her orient Pride.
1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 232 We come As from a seven years transportation, home, And there resume an unembarrass'd brow.
1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxviii. 293 Mr. Pickwick's countenance resumed its customary benign expression.
1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxxxviii. 132 Could the dead, whose dying eyes Were closed with wail, resume their life. View more context for this quotation
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 587 He let go of the skin so that the profile resumed the normal expression of before.
1997 AOPA Pilot Dec. 107/1 Since the cornea will gradually resume its former shape, a ‘retainer’ contact lens must be worn regularly.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > rule of law > illegality > render illegal [verb (transitive)] > deprive of legal validity
abatea1325
squatcha1325
voida1325
allayc1325
annul1395
reverse1395
revokec1400
rupt?a1425
repealc1425
abroge1427
defeat1429
purloin1461
cassa1464
toll1467
resume1472
reprove1479
suspend1488
discharge1495
reduce1498
cassate1512
defease1512
denulla1513
disannula1513
fordoa1513
avoid1514–5
abrogate?1520
frustrate1528
revert1528
disaffirm?1530
extinct1530
resolve1537
null1538
nihilate1545
extinguish1548
elidec1554
revocate1564
annullate1570
squat1577
skaila1583
irritate1605
retex1606
nullify1607
unable1611
refix1621
vitiate1627
invalid1643
vacate1643
unlaw1644
outlaw1647
invalidate1649
disenact1651
vacuate1654
supersedec1674
destroy1805
break1891
1472–3 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 1st Roll §36. m. 19 The which graunte, remyssion and relese been resumed and voide, for lak of certeyn provisions uppon certeyn actes of resumption.
1549 Act 3 & 4 Edw. VI c. 20 §3 The said Act..shall from henceforth be resumed, repealed, adnulled..and utterly made void for ever.
1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. i. 40 Sundry other Acts, which restaine, abridge, repeale, resume divers reall and pretended branches of the Kings royall Prerogative.
1795 F. Plowden Church & State iii. iv. 416 The rights and liberties of the Church of England..might be resumed repealed altered or annulled by the State.
1855 W. A. Porter Ess. Life J. B. Gibson 68 Can it be said that the Legislature has so far divested itself of power over the subject, as to be unable to resume the right of the appointment?
1882 Amer. Law Reg. 30 417 The board of public works were authorized to lease..the surplus water in canals, reserving in each lease the right to resume the privilege when deemed necessary for the purposes of navigation.
3. † b. transitive. To repeat (a sentence or word). Obsolete.† c. intransitive. To give a résumé or summary. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To recapitulate or summarize (facts, etc.). Cf. résumé v.2 Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > narration > narrate, relate, or tell [verb (transitive)] > summarize
resume?a1425
recapitle?a1439
recapitule1489
recapitulate1556
the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > describe [verb (transitive)] > sum up
comprehendc1369
concludec1405
resume?a1425
recapitle?a1439
recapitule1489
comprisea1533
recapitulate1556
compendiate1614
anacephalize1654
subsumea1677
summarize1808
sum-totalize1837
recap1911
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 69v (MED) And þat it bihoue not to resume or take agayne [L. resumere] comon þingez in þe cure of euery difference, I sette afore 9 documentez mych necessary to þis curacioun.
a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1965) II. 104 I haue concludit all the artiklis of the faith bot nouthir haue I resumyt thame in thar proper forme [etc.].
a1535 T. More Confutacion Tyndales Aunswere ix. in Wks. (1557) I. 830/2 I shall here agayne summaryly resume those twoo reasons.
1676 G. Towerson Explic. Decalogue 73 The unreasonableness whereof will appear, if we resume those things which we have said to the object of love.
1684 Bp. G. Burnet tr. T. More Utopia 26 The Counsellor..had resolved to resume all I had said.
1715 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 38 The sub-committee brought in their overtures as to Mr. Simson's affair. I cannot resume them.
1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. x. 231 After resuming, at great length, all the facts and arguments upon which they founded their claim.
1824 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. x. 260 Touchwood..gave him an account of the early loves of Clara and Tyrrel..which it is unnecessary to resume here.
1878 E. Dowden Stud. Lit. 346 A philosophy which should resume all his views upon nature, man, and society.
1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 May 584/2 A collection of pieces largely written for the New Statesman which resume a sombre succession of bad days for America.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > repetition > repeat [verb (transitive)]
doublec1380
naitc1400
reportc1405
repeat1427
renewa1464
iterate1533
resume1535
to run over ——1538
redouble1580
to go over ——1583
re-say1583
reclaim1590
ingeminate1594
reword1604
reassume1631
reutter1632
oversay1639
to fetch over1642
reassert1647
1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale sig. E.viv He resumeth the same sentence yet agen the thirde tyme.
1592 tr. F. Du Jon Apocalypsis xx. 6 A return unto the intended history by resuming the words which are in the end of the 4 verse.
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. 21 A resuming and repeating of the force and vse of them, in speeche or argument. View more context for this quotation
1659 O. Walker Some Instr. Art of Oratory vii. 110 The words preceding the parenthesis are to be again repeated and resumed after it, that the perspicuity of the sense no way be lost.
1819 L. Murray Eng. Gram. Illustr. (ed. 4) I. iii. 301 In many of these instances, the nominative must be repeated; and..in most of the others, it may be resumed with propriety and advantage.
1840 L. Hunt Legend of Florence v. ii. 76 Be but mute; and sorrow With as mute thanks shall resume common words.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speech-making > make a speech [verb (intransitive)] > deliver concluding part
collect1594
perorate1768
resume1770
1770 P. Forbes Jrnls. Episcopal Visitations (1886) 309 Preached from Acts 8. 14. &c., Mr. Allan Cameron resuming in Galic.
1844 Med. Times 15 June 237/2 To resume, therefore: cataracts may be divided into genuine, or spurious.
1892 C. L. Daniels As it is to Be xxiv. 247 So, to resume : We do have the drama.
1914 S. G. Blythe Old Game 11 Therefore, to resume: In a few minutes it will be three years and a half since I have taken a drink.
4.
a. transitive. To reassemble or bring together again (parliament, an assembly, etc.) for the transaction of business. Now rare.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > meeting or assembling for common purpose > hold (a meeting) [verb (transitive)] > again
resume1472
reconvene1676
1472–3 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 1st Roll §43. m. 13 If..it shalbe thought..behovefull to resume, assemble and have apparaunce of this his seid parlement.
1643 Pyms Juncto (single sheet) Then weel resume the House, and so adjourne Till five at night, the moderate (wearied thus) Will quit their seats, and leave here none but us.
1703 W. Nicolson London Diaries 11 Feb. (1985) 202 The House was resumed too late (after two o'clock) to go upon the Lord Wharton's Appeal.
1738 D. Neal Hist. Puritans IV. iv. 210 A Declaration..inviting the Remains of the Long Parliament to resume the Government.
1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Proc. Parl. 49/2 The House being resumed, the report was ordered to be received to-morrow.
1892 Times 30 Sept. 10/2 His Honour Deemster Drinkwater yesterday resumed the Court of criminal inquiry at Douglas.
1930 W. Connely B. Wycherley ii. 53 At the other end of the city Charles resumed court merrily enough.
b. intransitive. Esp. of an assembly, council, etc.: to recommence work or business.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] > again > work or business
resume1796
to return to our sheep1871
1796 Freemason's Mag. May 352 A resolution was moved to that purpose, the House resumed, and the report ordered to be received on the morrow.
1817 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 1351 The House then resumed, and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. x. 625 The discussion was soon interrupted by the reappearance of Hampden with another message. The House resumed and was informed that [etc.].
1903 Daily Chron. 7 Oct. 6/3 The London County Council resumed after the holidays.
1931 Daily Express 2 Sept. 1/5 The governing committee of the New York Stock Exchange..decided..to close on Monday, on account of Labour Day, and to resume on Tuesday.
1997 Sunday Times 26 Oct. (Business section) 14/7 The nudge and wink from his advisers, in confirming that he would be making a statement on Emu when parliament resumed, was that it would be pro-Emu in tone.
5. † a. transitive. To restore (a person, etc.) to or into a specified state or relation with oneself. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > take [verb (transitive)] > take into association, service, or use > again
resumea1513
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxliii. f. clxv Seinge they myght not enduce the Kynge to noone conformytie or agrement to resume his lawfull wyfe and to refuse that other, they denounsed hym.
1602 B. Jonson Poetaster v. i. sig. K We..Resume into the late state of our Loue, Worthy Cornelius Gallus. View more context for this quotation
1655 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans (ed. 2) ii. 138 Resume thy spirit from this world of thrall.
1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 7 If Heaven should resume thee, To Heaven shall her spirit ascend.
1850 A. Jameson Legends Monastic Orders 300 She..holds her veil extended as if to resume her divine Child.
1875 R. Browning Aristophanes' Apol. 73 Mutely passed 'Twixt rows as mute, to mingle possibly With certain gods who convoy age to port; And night resumed him.
b. transitive. To take or pick up (something) to use again; to put on (an item of clothing) again; to return to the use of. Now somewhat archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > take [verb (transitive)] > take again or back > take again > a thing
reassumea1513
resume1596
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. xi. sig. Yv My former shield I may resume againe. View more context for this quotation
1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron I. ii. ix. f. 68 Shee resumed the garments againe of a woman.
1666 R. Wild Poems (1870) 103 May he resume King David's harp, and play The tarantule of discontent away.
1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. v. 405 Then mounting on his Car, [he] resum'd the Rein.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxii. 218 A new Recruit of Spirits..inabled me to resume my Pen.
1822 M. A. Kelty Osmond I. 19 She continued, resuming the picture.
1873 W. Black Princess of Thule viii. 123 So he was content to resume his pipe and listen.
1903 A. Bierce Shapes of Clay in Coll. Wks. (1910) X. 236 Kneel, villains, kneel, and doff your shirts—God bless us! They'll seem, when you resume them, robes of Nessus!
1964 C. V. Wedgwood Trial of Charles I (1967) viii. 218 He took off his doublet, and for a moment resumed his cloak, against the bitter cold.
Derivatives
reˈsumed adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > [adjective] > taken back
resumed1689
1689 R. Cox Hibernia Anglicana: Pt. 1 123 The daily expectation to have the resumed Lands and Jurisdictions restored.
1737 J. Read Ess. Simony & Sacrilege 169 All those charitable uses to which such resumed lands or value might be applied.
1890 C. W. Dilke Probl. Greater Brit. I. ii. ii. 270 The lessee was..given a preferential right of obtaining an annual occupation-license for the resumed area.
1994 Swimming Times Sept. 7/1 Emma Tattum was at the centre of this race—both for having the fastest heat time (1:03.86) and for her resumed battle with defending champion Kathy Osher.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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