resumern.
/rᵻˈzjuːmə/, U.S. /rəˈz(j)umər/, /riˈz(j)umər/ A person who resumes (in various senses).
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the mind > possession > taking > [noun] > taking back or again > one who
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1627 W. Cockburn Respublica de Decimus sig. A2 My over Lord directour and resumer of euery particulare thought.
a1656 J. Ussher Power of Princes (1683) i. 18 The founder of all rule, authority and power at the beginning, and the resumer thereof into his own hands again at the end of the World.
1838 N. Biddle Let. 3 Aug. (1919) 320 We begin with a wide circle of resumers, whom our delay has enabled to prepare.
1857 J. Jump Ep. Ovidius Naso Pref. xii So far from being alone, he stands here the resumer of a greater man's opinion, supported by the whole phalanx of British prosodists.
1988 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 3 Jan. xii. 16/1 A number of other women's colleges, including Smith, have had formal programs for ‘resumers’, as this group is called.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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