Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            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.