Resume

n.	1.	A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief recapitulation. The exellent little résumé thereof in Dr. Landsborough's book. - C. Kingsley.
v. t.	1.	To take back. [imp. & p. p. Resumed ;p. pr. & vb. n. Resuming.] 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.

Noun	1.	resume - short descriptive summary (of events) Synonyms: survey, sketch
	2.	resume - a summary of your academic and work history Synonyms: curriculum vitae, CV
Verb	1.	resume - take up or begin anew; "We resumed the negotiations" Synonyms: restart
	2.	resume - return to a previous location or condition; "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it" Synonyms: take up
	3.	resume - assume anew; "resume a title"; "resume an office"; "resume one's duties"
	4.	resume - give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize" Synonyms: sum up, summarize, summarise

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