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reassume

verb
/ɹiːəˈsjuːm/UK

Etymology

From re- + assume.

  1. derived from assūmō — “accept, take”
  2. prefixed as reassume — “re + assume”

Definitions

  1. To resume, to carry on (a practice, thought, occupation etc.) again.

  2. To take on or adopt again.

    • The next day he reassumed his disguise.
    • The British reassumed control of the region.

  3. To take back into one's possession.

    • What some lament of, we rather should rejoyce at, should rather praise this pious forwardnes among men, to reassume the ill deputed care of their Religion into their own hands again.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA