Resuming

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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