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R'esum'e \R['e]`su"m['e]"\, n. [F. See {Resume}.]
A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief
recapitulation.
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The exellent little r['e]sum['e] thereof in Dr.
Landsborough's book. --C. Kingsley.
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2. A brief summary of the education, experience,
accomplishments, and other professional qualifications of
a person, such as that prepared by one applying for a job.
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Resume \Re*sume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Resumed};p. pr. & vb. n.
{Resuming}.] [L. resumere, resumptum; pref. re- re- sumere
to take: cf. F. r['e]sumer. See {Assume}, {Redeem}.]
1. To take back.
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The sun, like this, from which our sight we have,
Gazed on too long, resumes the light he gave.
--Denham.
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Perhaps God will resume the blessing he has bestowed
ere he attains the age of manhood. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. To enter upon, or take up again.
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Reason resumed her place, and Passion fled.
--Dryden.
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3. To begin again; to recommence, as something which has been
interrupted; as, to resume an argument or discourse.
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