resume : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: resume	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for resume
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
resume n short descriptive summary (of events) [syn: sketch, survey, resume] a summary of your academic and work history Synonym(s): curriculum vitae, CV, resume v take up or begin anew; "We resumed the negotiations" [syn: resume, restart, re-start] return to a previous location or condition; "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it" Synonym(s): resume, take up assume anew; "resume a title"; "resume an office"; "resume one's duties" give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize" Synonym(s): sum up, summarize, summarise, resume
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Resume \Resume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Resumed};p. pr. & vb. n. {Resuming}.] [L. resumere, resumptum; pref. re- re- + sumere to take: cf. F. r[82]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.