Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-SUME, v.t. [s as z. L. resumo; re and sumo, to take.]

1. To take back what has been given. The sun, like this from which our sight we have, / Gaz'd on too long, resumes the light he gave. – Denham.
2. To take back what has been taken away. They resume what has been obtained fraudulently. – Davenant.
3. To take again after absence; as, to resume a seat. Reason resulted her place, and passion fled. – Dryden.
4. To take up again after interruption; to begin again; as, to resume an argument or discourse. [This a now its most frequent use.]