resume
resume is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abbreviate
- abbreviation
- abbreviature
- abridge
- abridgment
- abstract
- album
- analecta
- analectic
- analysis
- and
- anthology
- apercu
- book
- brief
- collect
- collectanea
- commonplace
- compend
- compendious
- compendium
- compilation
- compile
- compress
- compression
- condense
- conspectus
- contents
- contraction
- digest
- draft
- draw
- epitome
- epitomize
- excerpt
- few
- fugitive
- make
- memorandum
- minute
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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