All 3 Uses of
resume
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- It was after my return from one of these rambles that my father, calling me aside, thus addressed me, "I am happy to remark, my dear son, that you have resumed your former pleasures and seem to be returning to yourself."
p. 156.0resumed = begun again
- I left the room, and locking the door, made a solemn vow in my own heart never to resume my labours; and then, with trembling steps, I sought my own apartment.
p. 171.6 *resume = begin again
- My change of manner surprised and pleased the magistrate; perhaps he thought that my former exclamation was a momentary return of delirium, and now he instantly resumed his former benevolence.
p. 185.2resumed = began again
Definitions:
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(1)
(resume as in: resume the meeting) begin or take againThis sense of resume generally means to begin again or continue after a pause. In usage like, "resumed her seat", it scan also mean to take again.
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(2)
(résumé as in: submitted her résumé) a brief summary of a person's qualifications to do something -- typically submitted with an employment applicationIn practice, résumé is often written without the accented e's.
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, résumé can refer to any summary.