As to the advice you give, to resume my estate, I am determined not to litigate with my father, let what will be the consequence to myself.1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XXVIII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC:
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For after that initiation it was impossible to attach any profound importance to the notion of dying. All individual deaths had been resumed by the death of God!1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 8:
By resumption The Government, most likely the State Government, can resume property for the purposes of building a road or a school or some other purpose.2005, Geoff Moore, Essential Real Property, Cavendish Publishing, →ISBN, page 116:
He […] used to say that each separate death had taught him something new about death, and that he was going to resume this knowledge in a philosophic essay about dying.1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 36:
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To start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the point at which it was stopped or paused; continue, carry on.
We will resume this discussion tomorrow at nine.
No man wiſhed more for the high establiſhment of the Royal Family than he did ; but he thought the Prince would do himſelf more honour by giving up the trappings of royalty at this moment, than by reſuming them.1803, William Woodfall et al., The Parliamentary Register; or an Impartial Report of the Debates that have occurred in the Two Houses of Parliament, volume 2, page 167:
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To start again after an interruption or pause.
Normal service has resumed.
1991, The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America, 43 CFR 5451.4, Office of the Federal Register, page 68. Before operations resume, a reduced bond shall be increased to the amount of a full
Etymology Borrowed from French résumé, past participle of résumer (“to summarize”), from Latin resūmere (“to take back”); compare resume.
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A summary or synopsis.
He had scanned the resumé of the three previous instalments, and was abut to commence the story[.]1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XI, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 119:
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Australia, Canada, US A summary or account of education and employment experiences and qualifications; a curriculum vitae (often for presentation to a potential future employer when applying for a job).