Antonyms for resume

Grammar : Verb

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Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈzum

Definition of resume

Origin : early 15c., "to regain, take back;" mid-15c., "recommence, continue, begin again after interruption," from Middle French resumer (14c.) and directly from Latin resumere "take again, take up again, assume again," from re- "again" (see re-) + sumere "take up" (cf. assume). Meaning "begin again" is mid-15c. Intransitive sense "proceed after interruption" is from 1802. Related: Resumed; resuming.

verb begin again

Example sentences :

I have advised you to resume your own estate: that you won't do.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

I am free to resume my interrupted flight of fancy, but I refrain.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

Betty left alone let down her damp hair and tried to resume her drawing.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

But as for ever being able to resume real work that must not be expected.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

We now resume the thread of our narrative where Ney's journal left off.
Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka

I had the driver tie my horse behind the vehicle and resume the lines.
Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable

Let the crisis be favourable, and resume your wonted energy.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

But Kirsty kept her eyes on her knitting, and did not resume.
Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald

The footstep, real or imagined, broke our conversation at that point, and we did not resume it.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

Let us now resume the sequel of the Geographical Description of Louisiana.
Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz

Synonyms for resume

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