Hypertext Webster Gateway: "resume"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
The sun, like this, from which our sight we have,
Gazed on too long, resumes the light he gave.
--Denham.
Perhaps God will resume the blessing he has bestowed
ere he attains the age of manhood. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. To enter upon, or take up again.
Reason resumed her place, and Passion fled.
--Dryden.
3. To begin again; to recommence, as something which has been
interrupted; as, to resume an argument or discourse.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Resum'e \Re`su"m['e]"\, n. [F. See {Resume}.]
A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief
recapitulation.
The exellent little r['e]sum['e] thereof in Dr.
Landsborough's book. --C. Kingsley.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
resume
n 1: short descriptive summary (of events) [syn: {sketch}, {survey}]
2: a summary of your academic and work history [syn: {curriculum
vitae}, {CV}]
v 1: take up or begin anew; "We resumed the negotiations" [syn: {restart}]
2: return to a previous location or condition: "The painting
resumed its old condition when we restored it" [syn: {take
up}]
3: assume anew; "resume a title"; "resume an office"; "resume
one's duties"
4: give a summary (of); "he summed up his results" [syn: {sum
up}, {summarize}, {summarise}]
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