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Resumptive

Resumptive \Re*sump"tive\, a. [cf. L. resumptivus restorative.] Taking back; resuming, or tending toward resumption; as, resumptive measures.

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resumptive

a. That is in the nature of resumption

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Usage examples of "resumptive".

The Bajorans had run the station for nearly a week already, and there clearly had been no reinitialization into a resumptive condition.