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/rɪzˈəmpʃən/ /rizˈəmpʃən/ /rɪzˈəmʃən/ /rizˈəmʃən/ Listen

noun

Resumption n.

The act of resuming; as, the resumption of a grant, of delegated powers, of an argument, of specie payments, etc.

(Eng.Law) The taking again into the king's hands of such lands or tenements as he had granted to any man on false suggestions or other error.

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Etymology of 'Resumption'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Resumption" Quotes from Famous Books

... divine event, toward which the whole creation moves," will be, not the resumption, but the triumph, of Christ's rule; of a rule which began before the world, which has endured through all the ages, which endures now, punishing or rewarding each and every one of us, and of our children's children, as long as there shall be a man upon the earth. For by Christ's will alone ...

— Westminster Sermons - with a Preface • Charles Kingsley

... of the night, while the doctor was busy with his human wrecks, the gang of experienced workmen who had come by the same train, was rapidly clearing the wreck of cars from the tracks and putting them in order for a speedy resumption of traffic. The wrecking train to which they belonged was made up of a powerful locomotive and three cars. The first of these was an immensely strong and solid flat, supporting a small derrick, which was at the same time so powerful as to be ...

— Cab and Caboose - The Story of a Railroad Boy • Kirk Munroe

... for May, edited by William Dowdell, contains but one credential, yet doubtless paves the way for a resumption of the enterprise so ably conducted by Miss Hoffman last year. "Melancholy," a poem by I. T. Valentine, shows traces of the beginner's crudeness, yet has about it a quality which promises much for the future ...

— Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 • Howard Phillips Lovecraft

... were putting together our small belongings for the resumption of our journey, I looked up and saw what I took to be a wolf, stalking along in the grass near the edge of our encampment. I would have shot it, but reflected that I must not waste a shot on wolves. Advancing ...

— The Way of a Man • Emerson Hough

... the resumption of a more careful toilette the poor man had gone back to the decent demeanour of happier days. He said nothing; was, indeed, in a state of black depression which he made no attempt to hide, but he outraged no longer the sensitive feelings of ...

— Mrs. Day's Daughters • Mary E. Mann

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