Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reassume

/ɹiːəˈsjuːm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables: re-as-sume
IPA: /ɹiːəˈsjuːm/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

verb

To take on or adopt again.

verb

To take back into one's possession.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"The next day he reassumed his disguise."
"The British reassumed control of the region."
"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."

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.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ɹiːəˈsjuːm/

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

reassumes (present, singular) reassuming (participle, present) reassumed (participle, past) reassumed (past)

Synonyms

resume

Rhymes With

room whom assume boom costume resume bloom tomb consume zoom doom perfume

Questions

How do you pronounce reassume?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹiːəˈsjuːm/.
What does reassume mean?: To resume, to carry on (a practice, thought, occupation etc.) again.
Where does reassume come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English assume English reassume From re- + assume.

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