Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief recapitulation. 2. (v. t.) To take back. 3. (v. t.) To enter upon, or take up again. 4. (v. t.) To begin again; to recommence, as something which has been interrupted; as, to resume an argument or discourse.

Multi-Version Concordance Resume (1 Occurrence) Mark 10:17 As He went out to resume His journey, there came a man running up to Him, who knelt at His feet and asked, "Good Rabbi, what am I to do in order to inherit the Life of the Ages?" (WEY)