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resumption noun continuance, fresh start, new beeinning, recommencement, recrudescence, reentry, renewal, reopening, reprise, resurgence, resurrection, return to normal, revival See also: recrudescence, renewal, resurgence, revival RESUMPTION. To reassume; to promise again; as, the resumption of payment of specie by the banks is general. It also signifies to take things back; as the government has resumed the possession of all the lands which have not been paid for according to the requisitions of the law, and the contract of the purchasers. Cow. Int. h.t. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A sneer at Beda's works and at the syndic himself is implied: Bedda, Erasmus jeers in a letter, trium phs over resumptions of his faculty and regards the rest of the world as blockheads ("Sic ornatus incedit et triumphat resumptis quasi mundus non habeat nisi fungos," Ep. These sometimes distended discussions distract from the larger argument, so that Brown is forced into numerous transitions, resumptions, summaries, and conclusions. Consequently, the timing of additional resumptions is still being assessed. |
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