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reassume

UK/ɹiːəˈsjuːm/

reassume verb: to resume, to carry on (a practice, thought, occupation etc.) again.

Verb

reassume (third-person singular simple present reassumes, present participle reassuming, simple past and past participle reassumed)

  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. (archaic) 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.1644, John Milton, Areopagitica

Synonyms of reassume

Forms of reassume

third-person singular presentreassumes
present participlereassuming
past participlereassumed
pastreassumed

Origin of reassume

From re- + assume.

Questions about reassume

What does reassume mean?
Reassume means to resume, to carry on (a practice, thought, occupation etc.) again.
What part of speech is reassume?
Reassume is a verb.
How do you pronounce reassume?
Reassume is pronounced /ɹiːəˈsjuːm/ (UK).
What is the past tense of reassume?
The past tense of reassume is reassumed.

Words near reassume in the dictionary

  1. reassorted
  2. reassorting
  3. reassortment
  4. reassortments
  5. reassorts
  6. reassume
  7. reassumed
  8. reassumes
  9. reassumeth
  10. reassuming
  11. reassumption

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