All 5 Uses of
resume
in
Washington Square
- "Your sympathy with kittens, Lavinia," he presently resumed, "arises from a feline element in your own character."†
Chpt 8 *
- A brave little person, with lively perceptions, and yet a disbelief in her own talent for social, as distinguished from practical, affairs—this was his rapid mental resume of Mrs. Montgomery, who, as he saw, was flattered by what she regarded as the honour of his visit.†
Chpt 14
- Mrs. Montgomery resumed her meditations, and her visitor, who was prepared to give time to the affair, asked himself whether, in spite of her little conscientious air, she was not playing into her brother's hands.†
Chpt 14
- And Mrs. Penniman, who was reading the evening paper, which she perused daily from the first line to the last, resumed her occupation.†
Chpt 17
- He is going away again—going to resume his wanderings.†
Chpt 35
Definition:
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(resume) begin or take on again