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reassume

verb

  1. acquire again
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Pronunciation: /ɹiːəˈsjuːm/

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English assume English reassume From re- + assume.

  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. 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.