reassume

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UK/ɹiːəˈsjuːm/

verb

To resume, to carry on (a practice, thought, occupation etc.) again.

“The next day he reassumed his disguise.”

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resume
OriginEnglish assume ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person reassumes · participle present reassuming · participle past reassumed · past 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.

    1 more example

    The British reassumed control of the region.

  3. archaicTo 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 & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishassume
  7. Englishreassume

From re- + assume.

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Cite this entry
APA

reassume. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reassume

MLA

“reassume.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reassume. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reassume,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reassume.

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