resumed

Variant of resume

transitive verb resumed, resuming

    1. to take, get, or occupy again: to resume one's seat
    2. to take back or take on again: to resume a former name
  1. to begin again or go on with again after interruption: to resume a conversation
  2. to summarize or make a résumé of

Origin: ME resumen, to assume < MFr resumer < L resumere < re-, again + sumere, to take: see consume

intransitive verb

to begin again or go on again after interruption

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