What is "resumed"

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.

vb. (en-past of: resume)