0 present participle of resume
1 If an activity resumes, or if you resume it, it starts again after a pause:
The company expects to resume production of the vehicle again after a two-month hiatus.
After a short break for rain, the match resumed with both players seeking to attack.
However, alongside this role conflict there appears to be inherent fulfilment and satisfaction in maintaining or resuming roles other than that of carer.
In the presence of appropriate nutrients, spores respond rapidly by germination and outgrowth, resuming vegetative growth.
It was quickly undermined by several of his archdeacons, on resuming their authority once the episcopal visitation was over.