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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
resume/rɪˈzuːm/
verb begin again or continue after a pause or interruption.

■ take or put on again.

– derivatives
resumable adjective,
resumption noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. resumer or L. resumere, from re- ‘back’ + sumere ‘take’.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
résumé /ˈrɛzjʊmeɪ/
noun
  • 1 a summary.
  • 2 N. Amer. a curriculum vitae.
– origin C19: Fr., lit. ‘resumed’, past part. (used as n.) of résumer.



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