Antonyms for re-assume
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uh-soom |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈsum |
Definition of re-assume
Origin :- early 15c., assumpten "to receive up into heaven" (especially of the Virgin Mary), also assumen "to arrogate," from Latin assumere "to take up, take to oneself," from ad- "to, up" (see ad-) + sumere "to take," from sub "under" + emere "to take" (see exempt (adj.)).
- Meaning "to suppose, to take for granted as the basis of argument" is first recorded 1590s; that of "to take or put on (an appearance, etc.)" is from c.1600. Related: Assumed; assuming. Early past participle was assumpt. In rhetorical usage, assume expresses what the assumer postulates, often as a confessed hypothesis; presume expresses what the presumer really believes.
- As in resume : verb begin again
- As in reassume : verb resume
- As in reoccupy : verb resume
- As in retake : verb resume
- In February, and on to August; re-assume their song in autumn.
- Extract from : « The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 » by Gilbert White
- I recovered myself, with this thought, in season to re-assume this appearance.
- Extract from : « Confession » by W. Gilmore Simms
- You are conscious that the glory you have flung around her, you can re-assume.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 » by Various
- Her revenge consummated, Rowena decided to re-assume her sway over her unwilling follower.
- Extract from : « Marjorie Dean, High School Junior » by Pauline Lester
- What certainty was there, that he would not re-assume his purposes, and swiftly return to the execution of them?
- Extract from : « Wieland; or The Transformation » by Charles Brockden Brown
- Yet afterwards, when they think the Devil hath departed the place, some will sometimes come back and re-assume their Lands again.
- Extract from : « An Historical Relation Of The Island Ceylon In The East Indies » by Robert Knox
- The girl had scarce departed, ere I raised my head: but the evangelista made me a sign to re-assume my position.
- Extract from : « The Indian Scout » by Gustave Aimard
Synonyms for re-assume
- assume again
- carry on
- come back
- continue
- convert
- go on
- go on with
- keep on
- keep up
- occupy again
- pick up
- proceed
- reassume
- recapitulate
- reclaim
- recommence
- recondition
- recoup
- recover
- recycle
- redeem
- regain
- regenerate
- reinstitute
- remodel
- reoccupy
- reopen
- repossess
- rescue
- restart
- restore
- retake
- return to
- salvage
- take back
- take up
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