Reassumes

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To take on once more a previously held role or duty; to accept again an earlier position or responsibility; to revert to a prior state of participation or engagement
2. To begin again holding a position, duty, or responsibility after a break or interruption
3. To resume a previously abandoned or paused role or duty, returning to an earlier engagement

Etymology: "Reassumes" is the third-person singular present form of "reassume," so it is simply the verb in its "he, she or it" form. The verb is "re-" plus "assume," meaning to take up again what was set down or given up. "Assume" itself comes from Latin "assumere," literally "to take to oneself," built from "ad-" (to) and "sumere" (to take). The prefix "re-" traces back through Latin "re-" (back, again) to a very old root, and it reached English through Old French "re-" and Middle English "re-" before being used freely in English to form new words like this one. The base "assume" reached English through the same Latin-to-French route, so the two parts entered the language by different paths and were joined later, once English speakers wanted a way to say that someone takes something up again.

Synonyms: retakes, resumes, reclaims, reoccupies, reacquires

Antonyms: abandons, relinquishes, surrenders, gives up